Where does “Faulkner” come from?
Faulkner (English) comes from English Falconer, from Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, from Old French falcon, from Old French faucon, from Late Latin falco, from Proto-West Germanic falkō, from Proto-Germanic falkô — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
Ancestry of “Faulkner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Falconer | A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey |
| 2 | Middle English | fauconer | A falconer |
| 3 | Old French | falconer | falconer (person who breeds or trains hawks) |
| 4 | Old French | falcon | Alternative form of faucon |
| 5 | Old French | faucon | falcon; Alternative form of fauchon |
| 6 | Late Latin | falco | falcon |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | falkō | falcon |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | falkô | falcon |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 10 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |