English word origin

Etymology of Syme

From Latin Sȳmē.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

An island of the Dodecanese, Greece. · A municipality of Rhodes regional unit, Greece.

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From Latin Sȳmē.

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Borrowed-form mentionSȳmēla

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

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

From Sim, the short form of Simon.

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Machine-source provenance

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