Etymograph

English

Latham

Latham comes from Old Norse hlaða ‘storehouse, barn’, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną ‘to load’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- ‘to put, lay out’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂-‘to put, lay out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaþaną‘to load’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350hlaða‘storehouse, barn’
  4. EnglishtodayLatham

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂-‘to put, lay out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaþaną‘to load’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350hlaða‘storehouse, barn’
  4. EnglishtodayLatham

The story

Habitational surname from any of various places in northern England, from the dative plural form of Old Norse hlaða (‘storehouse, barn’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- ‘to put, lay out’

last, clerk, clergy, loot, cleric, 7 more

through Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną ‘to load’

ladle, lade, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname from Old Norse.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- / Latham

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