English
Killigrew
Killigrew comes from Cornish kelli ‘grove’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *kallī.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*kallī‘grove, forest’reconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*kėllireconstructed
- Old Cornishmodernkelli
- Cornishmodernsame form‘grove’
- EnglishtodayKilligrew
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*kallī‘grove, forest’reconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*kėllireconstructed
- Old Cornishmodernkelli
- Cornishmodernsame form‘grove’
- EnglishtodayKilligrew
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- ‘to beat’
clerk, coup, clergy, holly, holt, cleric, calamity, gladiator, calamitous, clematis, clade, gladiolus, 30 more
Today it means
name A surname from Cornish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *kallī / Killigrew