Where does “Dennison” come from?
Dennison is an English surname derived from Dennis, which comes from the Latin Dionysius, ultimately from Greek Dionysios meaning "of Dionysus," the god of wine.
Ancestry of “Dennison”, 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 | — |