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Origin of War Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: Warham means hot, humid armed open conflict War English origin means armed open conflict between nations or factions Ham biblical origins means hot, humid Surnames: Warham Submitted by: glitz Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: Wardlaw means watch hill (or hill they watched from?) Scottish origin Weard + laugh (law) Weard = watch laugh = hill Surnames: Wardlaw Submitted by: glitz Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: Stewart Scottish and English origin from Middle English "Stiward" means manager of a household or an estate. Occupational name for a steward of manager of a household or estate, or one who had charge of a king's or important noble's household Surnames: Stuart, Steward Submitted by: glitz Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: Warde English origin Weard means guard or watchman Surnames: Warde Submitted by: glitz Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: Schwarz/Schwartz surname has many derivations. The word "schwarz" means "dark or black" in the German language. However, the possible origins include the following: 1. Persons from the duchy or principality of Schwarzenberg 2. Persons living in the vicinity of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) 3. Persons having dark hair and/or dark skin The latter is the most common origin of Schwartz family surnames. There is apparently a distinction made between Jewish Schwarz and Germanic Schwartz, although the distinction is only noticeable when studying german records in the 1700-1900 AD period. Surnames: SCHWARTZ/SCHWARZ Submitted by: Dean A. Glenn Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: In George F. Jones book it says "TTER" means "Dweller on the ETT (river)" or "Dweller in a wattled enclosure." I have had cnfirmed by three people fom Schweiz, Austria and Baden-Wurttemberg, that Etter means this. 1.) The word Etter comes from the Alemans. It was the name of the Bounds, Fences of her Village. The villages of the Alemans was enclosed by "Palisades" witch was called etter. Daniel Etter Schweiz 2.) "Ethymologisches W?rterbuch der deutschen familiennamen" = "Ethymological dictionary of german familynames". according to this book there are 2 possibilities. A: the name based on the old fences (as we already have discussed) B: the name based on the old alemannic word of Etter which means Kinsman. Alexander Lutz Austria 3.) ETTER: either is 1) Middle High German "?ter" = village fence, boundary; or 2) MHG "etter" = cousin. ETTERLI(N): Affectionate form for Etter = cousin. Etterli(n) was widely spread in the alemannic region (the -i is typically Swiss). In 1407 there is a Heinzmann ETTERLIN, Vogt (bailiff, administrator) at Istein (L?rrach, near the Swiss border), and in 1441 Anton => ?TTERLI (!), also spelt ETTER- LIN, town scribe in Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Heinz Majer Baden-W?rttemberg Surnames: Etter, Vogel, Kremitzki, Howard, Parsons Submitted by: Robert Etter Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: German: Protective Warrior Surnames: Warner Submitted by: Amy Warner Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: Name is believed to be of Scottish orgin. Spelling may had been Gair at first taken from the Galic word Gearr meaning short a name like this would be applied to someone short in stature. Surnames: Gearwar Submitted by: Jeff Gearwar Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: The surname Waldroup is an American form of the Scottish name Wardrope or Wardroper. This name is made up of the elements Warde (guard) and robe (garment). There are several varients including (but not limited to): Wardrobe, Wardrep, Waldrop, Wardrop, Wardrup, and Waldrupe. This is an occupational name for someone who was in charge of the clothing of a Scottish lord. It is worth noteing that because Wald (German, English) means forest, the American name of Waldroup would more literally translate to forest garment. Surnames: Waldroup/Wardrope/Wardroper Submitted by: April J. Waldroup Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: in my research i have found the name schwartz or schwarz as the german equal to the name smith or brown or black. Surnames: schwartz Submitted by: Benjamin Schwartz Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: VANDERWARKER : from the old Dutch; from the Werkin, a region of Brabant in Holland. van der Werkin was probably used as indicative on ships passenger lists heading to USA early 17C. Surnames: VANDERWARKER, VANDERWALKER Submitted by: Vanderwarker Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: Edwards: Edward's son. origin Saxon Surnames: Edwards Submitted by: Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: One of the largest Scotish Clans Surnames: Stewart Submitted by: Adam Stewart Origin of War, Meaning of War Origin: german Surnames: warkentin Submitted by: 11/23/2009 9:57 PM Page 2 of 2

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