Where does “Abelson” come from?
Abelson is an English surname derived from Abel, which comes from Middle English Abel, Latin Abel, Ancient Greek Ἅβελ, and ultimately Biblical Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל.
Ancestry of “Abelson”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Sơn | — |
| 2 | Middle English | sone | son; soon; Alternative form of sonne |
| 3 | Old English | sōna | immediately, at once |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sān(ō) | immediately |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sēna | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
Words derived from “Abelson”