Etymograph

English

Reese

Reese comes from Old Welsh Ris ‘ardor, fiery warrior’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Old Welshc. 800–1150Ris‘ardor, fiery warrior’
  3. Welshc. 1500–presentRhysliterally ‘ardor’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2023Reese

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Old Welshc. 800–1150Ris‘ardor, fiery warrior’
  3. Welshc. 1500–presentRhysliterally ‘ardor’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2023Reese

Earliest quotation: 2023, Erin Griffith, How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality: “During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’

rotation, rash, rotary, rotate, rodeo, rota, rotund, rueda, 15 more

Today it means

name A surname

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- / Reese

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