Where does “Ingalls” come from?
Ingalls comes from English Ingall with the English possessive suffix -'s, derived from Middle English -s, which developed from Old French -esse, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -es, -iskos, and -ēs.
Ancestry of “Ingalls”, step by step
Ingalls traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |
via English Ingall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ingall | — |