English word origin

Etymology of Hoe

From Old English hōh (“heel; spur of a hill”).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF995211).

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

From Old English hōh (“heel; spur of a hill”).

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Derivation mentionhōhang

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A surname.

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

Two main origins: * A variant of Ho, a Vietnamese surname. * An English habitational surname, from the village in Norfolk.

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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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Machine-source provenance

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