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English word origin

Etymology of Almond

* From the Middle English given name Almund, from the coalescence of Old English Æþelmund (literally “noble protector”) and Ealhmund (literally “temple protector”). * Variant of Allman (from Old French aleman (“German”)

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A surname.

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* From the Middle English given name Almund, from the coalescence of Old English Æþelmund (literally “noble protector”) and Ealhmund (literally “temple protector”). * Variant of Allman (from Old French aleman (“German”) or alemayne (“from Germany”)) and Allmand (from Old French alemaund (“German”)), assimilated after almond by folk etymology.

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Source etymology 2

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name

A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York, United States. · A village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

According to John Reynolds, a historian of the town in New York, it was named for a place in Scotland, not the almond, which would most likely not have been available there then, hence the pronunciation is different. A native of it, James F. Moore, was the first postmaster of the village in Wisconsin.

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Source etymology 3

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name

A river in North Lanarkshire council area, West Lothian council area and Edinburgh council area, Scotland, which empties into the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. · A river in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Altered after almond from earlier Ammon, from Scottish Gaelic Àmain, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Doublet of Avon.

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  • Derivation mentionÀmaingd
  • Derivation mention*aβoncel-bry-pro · river
  • Doublet mentionAvonen
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