Meanings
Origin
- Latinprae“in front of”
- Old EnglishPrǣwhyll“lookout point”
- EnglishPrall
* As a German surname, from the adjective prall (“noisy, boisterous”, later "tight, firm"). * As an English surname, from the placename Prawle, from Old English Prǣwhyll (“lookout point”), from prǣw (“lookout”), perhaps borrowed from something akin to Latin prae (“in front of”), and hyll (“hill”).
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