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Voss

Surname sense probably from Low German Voss, Voß (“fox”). Doublet of Fuchs and Fohs.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wagjazbor.? Proto-Baltic [Term?]bor.? Proto-Finnic *vakja Votic vadʹdʹõ? Votic vadʹdʹader. German Wotebor. English Vote From German Wote, ultimately from Voti

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Votic

From Vote + -ic, named after the Votes who speak it.

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Votta

Borrowed from Italian Votta.

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Vouli

From Greek Βουλή (Voulí).

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Vovin

Borrowed from Russian Во́вин (Vóvin).

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Vovk

From Ukrainian вовк (vovk, “wolf”), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ.

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Vox

Borrowed from Spanish Vox, from Latin vox (“voice”).

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Vrana

From Czech Vrána, from Czech vrána (“crow”), or from Slovak Vrana, from Slovak vrana (“crow”).

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Vrba

Borrowed from Czech Vrba.

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Vril

Coined by British statesman and author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race, later titled Vril, apparently as a clipping of virile.

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Vrona

From Ukrainian Вро́на (Vróna), derived from Polish wrona (“crow”), from Proto-Slavic *vorna. Compare native Ukrainian Ворона (Vorona) (whence English Vorona).

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Vroom

Borrowed from Dutch Vroom.

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Vth

From voltage + threshold.

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Vu

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vũ.

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Vuck

Shortened form of "Victory". Popularised by a Melbourne Victory fan podcast, For Vuck's Sake (derived from the vulgar expression "for fuck's sake").

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Vught

Borrowed from Dutch Vught.

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Vuong

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vương, from 王 (“king”). Doublet of Wang and Wong.

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Vus

From Ukrainian вус (vus) or Belarusian вус (vus).

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Vuthy

Borrowed from Khmer.

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Vxse

Initialism of Vx, single-engine.

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Vy

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vy or Vỹ.

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Vyas

Borrowed from Hindi व्यास (vyās).

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Vyasa

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यास (vyāsa).

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Vyom

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्योम (vyoma).

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Vyrka

Borrowed from Ukrainian Ви́рка (Výrka).

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Vyron

From Greek Βύρων (Výron), from English Byron.

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Vyse

Initialism of Vy, single-engine.

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Váh

From Slovak Váh.

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Vågå

Borrowed from Norwegian Vågå.

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Vègre

From French Vègre.

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Vé

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Vé, Véi.

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Võro

From Võro Võro.

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Vāc

From Sanskrit वाच् (vāc).

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W

Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

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W1A

From W1A 1AA, the postcode of the BBC headquarters Broadcasting House, and popularised by the TV show W1A.

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WAFF

Acronym of warm and fuzzy feeling(s). Reportedly coined by fans of the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997). First attested on alt.tv.lois-n-clark as part of a fandom glossary in Jan

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WAFFy

From WAFF + -y.

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WAG

Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”), mid-2000s.

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WAIF

A humorous reinterpretation of waif as an initialism for why am I famous?

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WAP

The use of WAP to mean "wet-ass pussy" was popularized, if not coined, by the August 2020 Cardi B song WAP.

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WASPy

From WASP + -y.

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WC

Source etymology material for WC; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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WCD

Abbreviation.

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WCMX

Initialism of wheelchair motocross. Coined by analogy with BMX (“bike motocross”).

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WCNSF

The term appeared in October 2023 after Israel began an aerial bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip.

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WD-40

Trademark; an abbreviation of "Water Displacement, 40th formula" or "40th attempt" used by Norm Larson of the Rocket Chemical Company of California, the oil's developer.

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WDR

Abbreviation.

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WDVA

Abbreviation.

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WEC

Abbreviation.

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WEEE

From the title of the European law: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (2003).

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WEIRD

Coined by American evolutionary biologist Joseph Henrich and collaborators in 2010, referring to a bias among respondents and test subjects in psychology studies. Contrived acronym from weird.

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WHO

Source etymology material for WHO; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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WIBTA

From r/AmITheAsshole, a community on Reddit where users ask for feedback on whether they behaved inappropriately in interpersonal conflicts.

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WKF

Abbreviation of well-known fan.

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WOWer

From WOW + -er.

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WRUD

From initial letters of what r u doing.

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WSOP

Initialism of World Series of Poker.

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WSPR

Abbreviation.

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WTF

(programming slang): Originated on The Daily WTF, a humorous blog dealing with real-world examples of bad programming.

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WTFO

Could be credited to George Carlin "WTF". However, he may have picked it up when he was a radar operator in the United States Air Force.

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WTFPL

From WTF, modelled on GPL etc.

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WU

Initialism.

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WUU2

Initial W from what + phonetic letter spellings U for you + Initial U for up + number 2 for to.

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WX

Originating as a Morse code shorthand code. Possibly by analogy with single-word medical terms such as Hx (“history”) and Dx (“diagnosis”), which were patterned after the earlier Rx (“prescription”).

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W^X

Introduced in 2003. From "write xor execute", using the ^ operator that means xor in some programming languages etc.

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Wa

From Burmese ဝ (wa.), in turn from Parauk Va (佤).

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Waage

Borrowed from German, Icelandic or Norwegian Waage.

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Wac

Initialism of Women's Army Corps.

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Wace

Learned borrowing from Old French Wace.

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Wach

From Polish Wach.

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Wada

Borrowed from Japanese 和田 (Wada).

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Wadas

Borrowed from Polish Wadas.

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Wade

From Old English wæd (“a ford”).

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Wagga

See Wagga Wagga.

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Wagon

Derived either as a synonym of Wain, i.e. Charles' Wain, or directly from the wagonlike shape of the constellation. Compare also the synonym Northern Waggoner. See wagon and wain.

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Wah

Borrowed from Cantonese 華 /华 (waa6, waa4).

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Wahba

Borrowed from Arabic وَهْبَة (wahba, “gift, present”); this surname is predominantly found among Christians and Muslims of Egypt.

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Waiau

Borrowed from Māori.

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Waid

From the German surname. See Weide (“pasture”), also derived from Middle High German weit (“woad”), see English woad.

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Waide

Variant of Wade.

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Waihi

Borrowed from Māori Waihī, in turn derived from wai + hī, meaning "gushing water".

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Waipa

Borrowed from Māori.

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Wait

English surname, variant of Waite.

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Waite

English surname for a watchman of Norman origin, from the verb wait. Sometimes confused with White or Wheat.

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Waitt

Variant spelling of Waite.

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Wajda

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

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Wakaw

From Cree ᐚᑳᐤ (waakaaw, “crooked”).

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Wake

English and Scottish surname from Old Norse vakr (“vigilant, wakeful”).

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Waker

Either from waker, a nickname for a watchful person, or a variant of Walker.

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Wakey

Clipping of Wakefield + -y

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Wakhi

From Wakhi Xik, but ultimately comes from Khotanese Xik. Most likely derived from Old Iranian Khotanese, an Iranian language spoken throughout the Pamir range. The word Xik came to be known as Baxi in Wakhi.

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Walch

Inherited from Middle English Walch, Walich, variant of Walsch, from Old English wælisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

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Waldo

English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse

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Wale

* English surname of Norman origin, from the Anglo-Norman personal name Wale, of Germanic origin, from the name Walo, a byname meaning "foreigner" (see Wallace). This is also from the related Old English wealh (“Welshman

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Waled

From Arabic وَلِيد (walīd).

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Walek

From Polish Wałek, Walek, and from Czech Válek.

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Walen

Borrowed from Dutch Walen or a variant of Wallen.

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Wales

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *wolkos? Proto-Celtic *Wolkosbor.? Proto-Germanic *wólkos Proto-Germanic *walhaz Proto-West Germanic *walh Old English wealh Old English Wēalas Middle English Wales English Wales From Middle E

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Wali

Borrowed from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy, “prophet, saint”).

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Walia

Borrowed from Punjabi ਵਾਲੀਆ (vālīā), a surname of unexplained origin.

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Walid

From Arabic وَلِيد (walīd).

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Walk

* As a German surname, variant of Walke. * As an English surname, from the noun and verb walk.

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Walke

* As a German occupational surname for a fuller, from the verb walken (“to full, tan”), compare Walkmühle (English waulkmill). * As an English surname, variant of Walk.

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Walko

* As a Polish surname, from a pet form of Walenty. * As a Carpathian Rusyn, Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian, and Hungarian surname, Americanized/Germanized from Valko.

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Walks

Clipping of Walker + -s.

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Wall

Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from

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Waln

Unexplained.

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Walon

Variant of Wayland or Waylon.

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Walpi

Borrowed from Hopi.

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Walsh

From Middle English Walsch (“Welsh(man)”), from Old English wælisċ, variant of wīelisċ.

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Walt

Clipping of Walter. The derogatory British sense is a reference to the fictional character Walter Mitty from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a mild-mannered pushover who has wild fantasies about his life in various dari

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Walz

Borrowed from German Walz.

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Wanat

Borrowed from Polish Wanat.

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Wand

Various origins: * A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”). * Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant

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Wanda

Borrowed from Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.

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Wands

Unexplained.

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Wang

From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong. As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.

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Wanli

From Mandarin 萬曆 /万历 (Wànlì).

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Wann

Named after one Robert F. Wann, whose surname comes from Cherokee [Term?].

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Wantz

Borrowed from German Wantz.

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Waray

Borrowed from Waray-Waray Waray, from waray (“not”).

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Warby

Perhaps from Old Norse vǫrðr (“warden, watcher”) + býr (“farmstead”).

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Ward

* As an English surname, from the noun ward and related cognates such as warden, guard etc. * As an Irish surname, reduced from McWard, from mac an bard (“son of the poet”). * As a Jewish surname, adapted from Warshawski

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Warda

Various etymologies, including: * Borrowed from Arabic وَرْدَة (warda, “rose”). * Polish Warda, from dialectal warda (“left-handed person”).

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Ware

* As an English surname, from the noun weir. * Also as an English surname, from Anglo-Norman and Middle English wayour (“horse pond”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“shallow water”). * Also as an English surname,

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Wares

Variant of Ware.

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Warga

Borrowed from Polish Warga.

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Wario

From Borana Wario.

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Warka

From Arabic وركاء.

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Warne

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon recorded as Wagefen in the Domesday Book, probably from Old English wagian (“to sway, shake, quiver”) + fen (“bog, marsh”).

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Warr

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from were (“war, battle”), see French guerre. Compare Delaware. Sometimes also shortened directly from Old French werreur (“warrior”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Wa

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Warta

From Polish Warta.

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Warw

Shortened form of Warwick taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

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Wash

Possibilities are discussed at The Wash § History.

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Wasik

From Polish Wąsik or Wasik.

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Wasim

Ultimately from Arabic وَسِيم (wasīm, literally “handsome, graceful”).

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Wasit

From Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

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Wasko

From Polish Waśko.

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Wass

From the Norman personal name Wazo.

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Water

* As an English surname, from the medieval pronunciation of the name Walter. * As an English and German surname, from the noun water. * As an Irish surname, adopted as a translation from Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), mistaken

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Wath

From Old Norse vað (“ford”).

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Watts

Patronymic surname from the Middle English given name Wat, derived from Walter, equivalent to Watt + -s.

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Waugh

Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.

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Wavra

Americanized form of Czech or Slovak Vávra.

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Wawa

From Ojibwe wewe (“wild goose”).

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Wax

* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Wachs. * As an English surname, from the noun wax, compare Waxman.

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Waxit

Blend of WA (“Western Australia”) + exit, patterned after Brexit and Grexit.

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Way

From specific instances of way. In Christian contexts, a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) used with that meaning in the Acts of the Apostles (for example, Acts 9:2). In Chinese contexts, a semantic loan from

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Waymo

Blend of way + mobility, from the company's mission statement, “a new way forward in mobility”.

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Wayne

An occupational surname for a cartwright, Old English wægen (“wagon”). Cf. wain.

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Wazir

From Pashto وزير (Wëzír).

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Wazza

From Warren + -zza.

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Wazzu

From the university’s initials, WSU.

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WeHo

A shortening.

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Wea

Clipping of Waiatanwa and other forms, derived from Miami waayaahtanwa, from waayaahtanonki (“place of the whirlpool”).

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Weald

From weald.

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Weale

Variant of Wheal.

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Wear

Probably identical with British Latin Vedra, itself of Celtic origin.

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Weast

Unexplained.

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Web

Ellipsis of World Wide Web.

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WebM

Abbreviation of web movie.

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WebMD

From Web + MD (“medical doctor”).

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WebP

Abbreviation of web picture.

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Webbe

From Middle English web (“web”), a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver.

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Webby

Using the suffix -y.

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Weber

Borrowed from German Weber.

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Weck

From the German surname, from the noun Weck (“wedge”). Also from Waccho, an old Germanic name related to the verb wachen (“to wake”).

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Wedig

Borrowed from German Wedig.

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Wedin

Borrowed from Swedish Wedin.

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Wee

Borrowed from Hokkien 黃／黄 (Ûiⁿ), etc.

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Weeks

Source etymology material for Weeks; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Weems

Variant of Wemyss.

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Weers

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Weers.

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Weert

Borrowed from Dutch Weert.

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Weesp

Borrowed from Dutch Weesp.

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Wehbe

Variant of Wahba; this surname is predominantly found in Lebanon and Syria and its bearers are both Muslims and Christians.

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Wei

From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).

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Weibo

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 微博 (wēibó).

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Weida

Borrowed from German Weida.

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Weidu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 魏都 (Wèidū).

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Weihe

Borrowed from German Weihe.

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Weik

Borrowed from German Weik.

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Weir

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun weir. Compare Wear, Ware. * Sometimes also a French surname, perhaps a version of Norman de la Were (“of the war”), see Warr. There is also the placename Wierre-au-Bois

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Weiss

Borrowed from German Weiß.

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Welby

From Old English wielle (“spring, well”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).

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Welch

Inherited from Middle English Welich, variant of Walsch, from Old English welisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

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Welk

* As a German surname, variant of Welge, from Middle Low German welich (“lively, luxuriant”), from Old Saxon welag, from Proto-West Germanic *welag; also as a variant of Welsch. * Also as a German surname, from archaic M

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Well

Most, if not all, of the placenames are derived from the noun well.

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Wells

From Old English wella, genitive plural of well (“spring”), in reference to a residence near a group of springs. The original use of the genitive case here would've indicated origin. The -s ending of the modern form woul

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Welly

Clipping of Wellington + -y (diminutive suffix).

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Welsh

From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”) (thus cognate with German welsch, Dut

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Welt

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz P

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Wem

Recorded as Weme 1086 (Domesday Book); from Old English wamm or wemm.

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Wence

Probably an Americanized form of German Wenz.

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Wenck

Borrowed from German Wenck.

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Wend

From German Wende, from Proto-Germanic *Winidaz, the same source as Old English Winedas (“Slavs”).

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Wendi

A spelling variant of Wendy.

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Wendt

German and Danish surname, from Wende, the German name for Slavic people (particularly Sorbs and Kashubs) from the borders of Germany and Poland. Compare Wendland, and the semantics of Serbin.

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Wendy

Popularized by the character in J. M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904), though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child. Alternativel

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