Watson en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɒtsn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈwɑts(ə)n/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English Wat Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone Middle English -son English -son English Watson From Wat + -son.
Meanings
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A northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."
1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times:
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in the Rural Municipality of Lakeside No. 338, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Desha County, Arkansas.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Effingham County, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Atchison County, Missouri.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Lewis County, New York.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
Deriveds
Watson Island · Watson-Crick model · Watson syndrome · Watsons Bay
Descendants
Translations (27)
kn ವ್ಯಾಟ್ಸನ್ (surname, place name) · he ווטסון (surname, place name) · ru Ватсон (surname, place name) · ko 왓슨 (surname, place name) · el Γουάτσον (surname, place name) · yi וואַצאָן (surname, place name) · am ዋትሰን (surname, place name) · ur واٹسن (surname, place name) · km វ៉ាត់សុន (surname, place name) · ml വാട്സൺ (surname, place name) · yue 屈臣 (surname, place name) · fa واتسون (surname, place name) · hy Ուոթսոն (surname, place name) · uk Ватсон (surname, place name) · th วัตสัน (surname, place name) · pa ਵਾਟਸਨ (surname, place name) · mr वॉटसन (surname, place name) · ja ワトソン (surname, place name) · ta வாட்சன் (surname, place name) · te వాట్సన్ (surname, place name) · bn ওয়াটসন (surname, place name) · cmn 沃森 (surname, place name) · ar واتسون (surname, place name) · ka უოტსონი (surname, place name) · cmn 華森 /华森 (surname, place name) · cmn 華生 /华生 (surname, place name) · hi वॉटसन (surname, place name)