Etymology

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich ← Anglo-Norman de Comyn
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The story

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromde Comyn
  2. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromCuimeinich
  3. English todayCumming

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicCuimeinich all →

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Anglo-Normande Comyn all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.