English
Widdowson
From widow + -son.
Formed from widow + -son
Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂
Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ
Proto-West Germanic *widuwā
Old English widuwe
Middle English widwe ‘a widow or widower’
English widow
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Widdowson