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Where does “Hopkinson” come from?

Hopkinson is an English surname derived from Hopkin, a diminutive of the personal name Robert through Old English cynn and Proto-Germanic kunją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to beget" or "to produce."

Ancestry of “Hopkinson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHopkin—
2EnglishkinRace; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same...
3Englishfictionkin—
4EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
5Middle Englishficcioun—
6Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
7Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
8Latin-tiō—
9Latindissertātiō—
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
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