Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-
Hebrew אָדָםbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor.
Latin Ādāmlbor.
Old English Adam
Middle English Adam
English Adam
English -'s
English -s
English Adams
From Adam + -s.
(fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.
Meanings
A kind of dry fly primarily used for trout.
Although I still carry traditionally tied Adamses and a few Ginger Quills and the like, I now fish paraduns almost exclusively when […] 1991, Ed Engle, Fly Fishing the Tailwaters, page 96:
Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-
Hebrew אָדָםbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor.
Latin Ādāmlbor.
Old English Adam
Middle English Adam
English Adam
English -'s
English -s
English Adams
From Adam + -s.
(fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Adam.
Maplewood, New Jersey Mayor Nancy Adams said her community banned gas-powered blowers in January 2023. 2024 June 20, Wayne Parry, “U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2024:
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lake County, California.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ Former name of Corte Madera, California.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Mower County, Minnesota.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Gage County, Nebraska.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and village therein, in Jefferson County, New York.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Robertson County, Tennessee.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city and town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Adams Township.
(countable, uncountable) A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
(countable, uncountable) The only barangay in the municipality of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.