Etymology — The Origins of English Words

From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).

As slang for a policeman, from older English underworld cant; as a surname, from a Germanic root meaning roughly "army man," closely related to Herman/Hermann.

From Old English hǣþ ("heath") + leah ("woodland clearing").

Several etymologies: * A variant of the Scottish surname Halkett. * English surname, from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack. * From Middle English haket (“kind of fish”), hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller. * It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh, from which also the surnames Caughey and McGaffey.

From an occupational surname for a grain dealer, a variant of Granger.

* As a French and English surname, from gant (“glove”). * As a German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, possibly related to Gand (“scree”); compare Gander. Or, related to Gans (“goose”).

From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

From Anglo-Norman French "fils du roy," meaning "son of the king."

From Old English ea ("river") + tun ("homestead"); a doublet of Eton.

A habitational surname from Old English dūn ("hill") + hām ("homestead").

A habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English duce ("duck") + worth ("enclosure").

From Dan plus the suffix -son.

From Old English elements meaning either "cow" or "coal" plus leah ("woodland clearing"), depending on the specific place.

* As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from McCool. * As an English surname, from several places named Cowhill, analyzable as cow + hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to cow + Leigh. * Also as an English surname, variant of Cole. * As a Polish, Carpathian Rusyn and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kowal.

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English clopp ("rock, hill") and tūn ("enclosure, settlement").

From an Old English personal name plus -ing ("belonging to") and tūn ("settlement").

Various origins: * Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll (“hill”). * From Old French chanterelle (“small bell, treble”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bellmaker or ringer. * A diminutive of Canter.

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).

From Old English burna ("stream") + hām ("homestead").

From an Old English personal name plus lēah ("wood, clearing"), meaning "Brynca's wood."

From Old Norse breiðr ("broad") plus þveit ("clearing").

From an Old English personal name plus "belonging to" and "woodland clearing."

Possibly from an Old English personal name plus "home, property," or from Old Norse for "stall, bed."

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + ford (“ford”). The town in New Brunswick is named after military officer and politician William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768 - 1854).