Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname originating as a patronymic derived from Adam. · An unincorporated community in Lake County, California. · Former name of Corte Madera, California. · An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana.
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Middle English -es English -s English Adams From Adam + -s. (fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.
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