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Where does “Hodgson” come from?

Hodgson derives from English Hodge, a diminutive of English Roger, which comes from Old French Rogier, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey-.

Ancestry of “Hodgson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHodge—
2EnglishRogerdialectal nickname for the Devil
3SpanishRodríguezson of Rodrigo
4Spanish-ezA suffix forming many Spanish surnames; A suffix...
5Latin-itiesAlternative form of -iēs
6Latin-itia-ness, -ity
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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