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Where does “Adamson” come from?

Adamson derives from the Middle English personal name Adam, from Latin Adam, from Hebrew אָדָם meaning "man" or "mankind," ultimately related to Hebrew אדמה meaning "earth" or "ground."

Ancestry of “Adamson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-sonAdded to a stem to form a patronymic or...
2Middle English-son—
3Middle English-esAlternative form of -yssh; Alternative form of...
4Old English-espossessive marker, indicating that an object...
5Proto-Germanic-as—
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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