The story
- Middle English · derived fromwhyt“white”
- Old English · inherited fromwitlāc
- Middle English · inherited fromWhytlok
- English todayWhitlock
From Middle English Whytlok, Whitelok, Witloc, Wictlok, Wyhtlok, Witlok, Whytlak, Whitlak; partly from Old English witlāc, wihtlāc (personal name) and partly from Middle English whyt (“white”) + lok (“lock, hair”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.