Etymograph

English

Gerdes

Gerdes comes from German Gerdes.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGerdes
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGerdes
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

Earliest quotation: 2016, Jacopo Prisco, How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet: “The two drivers, Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger, weren’t…”

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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

Etymograph / German Gerdes / Gerdes