Etymology

Trevithick

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Today it means: A surname from Cornish. Full definition →

Cornish tre
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The story

  1. Cornish · derived fromtre“homestead”
  2. English todayTrevithick

Habitational surname, from Cornish tre (“homestead”) + a mutated form of methek (“doctor, physician”).

Words from the same roots

Cornishtre all →

TremaineTresidderTreffryTregennaTreglownTregoningTrewarthaTreweek

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.