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Howard (surname)
Howard is a common English surname. There are multiple possible origins of the name. The dominant theory pertains to the French personal names '' Huard'' and ''Houard'' adapted after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave," or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian." Also probably in some cases a confusion with cognate Anglo-Scandinavian personal name ''Haward'' from ''Hávarðr'', which means ''ha(r)'' "high" (or ''hǫð'' "battle") and element ''varðr'', meaning "guardian", and sometimes also with unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases from Old English ''eowu hierde'' "ewe herd." In Anglo-Norman the French digramm ''-ou-'' was often rendered as ''-ow-'' such as ''couard'' → ''coward'', ''tour'' → ''tower'', ''flour'' (western variant form of ''fleur'') → ''flower'', etc. (two last examples with svarabakhti, typical of the Anglo-Norman language). The first public record of the surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
