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to-name en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- + name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn.

Meanings

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
toname		alternative	lexicographic
towname		alternative	lexicographic
tuename		alternative	lexicographic
to-names	Number=Plur		lexicographic
tee-name		alternative	lexicographic

Synonyms

nicknames · including epithets · etc · cognomens · surnames · byname · any secondary name

to-name en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- + name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn.

Meanings

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Synonym of byname, to give a byname to.
   • Brian Kennedy, to-named Boraimh, or Taxer. 1775, William Buchanan, An Inquiry into the Genealogy and Present State of Ancient Scottish Surnames..., page 49:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
toname		alternative	lexicographic
to-naming	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
to-named	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
to-named	Tense=Past		lexicographic
tuename		alternative	lexicographic
towname		alternative	lexicographic
tee-name		alternative	lexicographic
to-names	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

Synonyms

byname · to give a byname to