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

Dennison traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSơn
2Middle Englishsoneson; soon; Alternative form of sonne
3Old Englishsōnaimmediately, at once
4Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
5Proto-Germanicsēna
6Proto-Germanic*sa
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa
8Proto-Oceanic*isa

via English Dennis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDennis
2Middle EnglishDenis
3Old FrenchDenis
4LatinDionȳsiustyrant of Syracuse
5Ancient GreekΔιονύσιος
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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