Etymology

Witherspoon

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English. Full definition →

Middle English wether
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The story

  1. Middle English · derived fromwether“ram”
  2. English todayWitherspoon

Scottish habitational surname, perhaps from Middle English wether (“ram”) + spong (“narrow strip of land”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishwether all →

wether

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