Etymology

clark

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Today it means: An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric. Full definition →

Old English clerc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromclerc“clergyman; learned man”
  2. English todayClark

From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishclerc all →

clerkClarke

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.