English
Hodge
Hodge comes from Middle English; the Middle English form is not named.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500form not named
- Englishearliest quotation 1850Hodge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500form not named
- Englishearliest quotation 1850Hodge
Earliest quotation: 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the…”
The story
The substitution of H for R is common in English words derived from Norman French.
Today it means
name A surname originating as a patronymic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hodge