Where does “Gregson” come from?
Gregson is an English surname derived from the personal name Greg, a short form of Gregory.
Ancestry of “Gregson”, step by step
Gregson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Sơn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 | — |
via English Greg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Greg | (sometimes derived from the surname Greig) |
| 2 | Old English | grǣġ | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *grāu | grey |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grēwaz | grey |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |