Etymology

Vanderwerf

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

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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromvan“of”
  2. English todayVanderwerf

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + werf (“wharf”).

Words from the same roots

Dutchvan all →

VandermeerVanderheidenVanderburgVanderhoefVandeveldeVandenboschVanderbergVanderheydenVanderhoffVanderlaanVanderzeeVanhoutenVan Peebles

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.