The story
- Middle English · derived fromlode“way, path”
- English todayLodes
Topographic surname for someone living by a path, road or watercourse, from Middle English lode (“way, path”), or a habitational surname from any of several minor places named Load or Lode.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishlode all →
Loderlodestone
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.