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English word origin

Etymology of Odd

English surname, from the Middle English name Ode, either from Anglo-Norman Ode (see Oates) or from Old English Odda, Old Norse Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare Oddy.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

A male given name. · Minced form of God. · A surname from Middle English.

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

English surname, from the Middle English name Ode, either from Anglo-Norman Ode (see Oates) or from Old English Odda, Old Norse Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare Oddy.

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  • Derivation mentionOddaang
  • Derivation mentionOddrnon
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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

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