English

Treadwell

Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.

A compound of tread + well

Proto-Germanic *trudaną ‘to tread, to step on’

Proto-West Germanic *tredan ‘to tread’

Old English tredan ‘to tread’

Middle English treden ‘to stomp or walk with great force’

English tread

Proto-Germanic *wela

Old English wel ‘well’

Middle English wel ‘well’

English well

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Treadwell