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English

Van Buren

Van Buren comes from Middle Dutch buur ‘house, shed’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *būraz ‘dweller, inhabitant’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*būraz‘dweller, inhabitant’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*būrreconstructed
  3. Old Dutchc. 500–1150būr
  4. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500buur‘house, shed’
  5. EnglishtodayVan Buren

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*būraz‘dweller, inhabitant’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*būrreconstructed
  3. Old Dutchc. 500–1150būr
  4. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500buur‘house, shed’
  5. EnglishtodayVan Buren

The story

Dutch and Jewish surname, from van + several places in the Netherlands (such as Buren in Gelderland) containing the Middle Dutch word buur (‘house, shed’), which is also related to buur (‘neighbor’).

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *būr

bower, boor

Today it means

name A surname from Dutch.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *būraz / Van Buren

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