Etymograph

English

Schmidt

Schmidt comes from German Schmidt ‘smith’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSchmidt‘smith’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSchmidt‘smith’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

Earliest quotation: 2025, Andrew Freedman, Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at: “The work continues, the data, the products, the science…”

Every English word from German Schmidt

Today it means

name A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].

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Etymograph / German Schmidt / Schmidt

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