English
Weber
Weber comes from German Weber.
- Germanc. 1650–presentWeber
- Englishearliest quotation 1982same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- Germanc. 1650–presentWeber
- Englishearliest quotation 1982same form
Earliest quotation: 1982, Konrad H. Jarausch, Students: “Ironically, the German university became more bourgeois just when…”
Every English word from German Weber
Today it means
name A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Weber (“weaver”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Weber / Weber