Etymograph

English

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein comes from German Wittgenstein.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentWittgenstein
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentWittgenstein
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

Earliest quotation: 2012, Jan-Olav Henriksen, Tage Kurtén: “Thus we might ask Wittgenstein and Phillips if the…”

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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Etymograph / German Wittgenstein / Wittgenstein