Etymology

Storr

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Middle English storre ← Old English stōr ← Middle High German storr
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  1. Middle High German · derived fromstorr“tree stump, clod”
  2. Old English · derived fromstōr
  3. Middle English · derived fromstorre“strong, robust”
  4. English todayStorr

* As an English surname, from Middle English storre (“strong, robust”), from Old English stōr. Compare Storey. * Also as an English surname, variant of Storrs. * As a south German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German storr (“tree stump, clod”), perhaps related to the Old English word above.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstōr all →

stour

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.