Etymology

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

Old English ēam
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromēam“maternal uncle”
  2. English todayEames

Probably from the genitive form of Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishēam all →

ameamemeYemm

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.