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English word origin

Etymology of Grove

* As an English surname, from the noun grove. * As a French surname, Americanized from Le Groux, Le Greux, reduced from Gréoul, of Germanic origin, from *grēduz (“hunger”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”). * As a north German surname,

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove. · A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192). · A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972). · A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).

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

* As an English surname, from the noun grove. * As a French surname, Americanized from Le Groux, Le Greux, reduced from Gréoul, of Germanic origin, from *grēduz (“hunger”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”). * As a north German surname, from the Low German noun Graf (“ditch, grave”) (see grave). Also a Dutch and Low German form of Grub. * As a German surname, variant of Graf.

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