Where does “Adkins” come from?
Adkins is an English patronymic surname derived from the given name Adkin, itself a diminutive of Adam formed with the Middle English suffix -kin, ultimately from Hebrew אָדָם.
Ancestry of “Adkins”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Adkin | — |
| 2 | English | -kin | Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or... |
| 3 | Middle English | -kin | small |
| 4 | Old English | cynn | kind; tribe, race, species; family |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kuni | family, kin |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kunją | kin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁yom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |