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LeeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Old English lēa, the dative case of lēah (“meadow”), originally to denote someone who lived near a meadow.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗LeeEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Irish Laoi, perhaps from an ancient personal name.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗LeeEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Chinese: * Mandarin: 李 (Lǐ), and other less common surnames such as 黎 (Lí). * Cantonese: 李 (lei5), and other less common surnames such as 利 (lei6). * Hokkien: 李 (Lí), Teochew: 李 (li2). * Hakka: 李 (Lí).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗LeeEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Transcription of Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗LeeEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
A diminutive.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗leeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- LeeEnglish · e-38538-7193
Lee, lē, n. the quarter toward which the wind blows.—adj. as in Lee′-side, the sheltered side of a ship.—ns. Lee′-board, a board lowered on the lee-side of a vessel, and acting like a keel or centre-board to prevent her
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Lee, lē, n. (Spens.) a river: also the same as Lea.
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