Etymograph

English

Fanshawe

Fanshawe may come from English shaw ‘forest, woods’.

  1. English1500–presentshaw‘forest, woods’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayFanshawe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentshaw‘forest, woods’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayFanshawe

The story

From an unknown element, possibly multiple distinct words originally, compounded with shaw (‘forest, woods’).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from English shaw

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English shaw / Fanshawe

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