English
Lodes
Lodes comes from Middle English lode ‘way, path’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lode‘way, path’
- EnglishtodayLodes
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lode‘way, path’
- EnglishtodayLodes
The story
Topographic surname for someone living by a path, road or watercourse, from Middle English lode (‘way, path’), or a habitational surname from any of several minor places named Load or Lode.
Linked words
through Middle English lode ‘way, path’
Today it means
name A surname from Middle English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lode / Lodes