"to-name" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: to-names [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- + name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|toname}} Middle English toname, {{inh|en|ang|tōnama||surname}} Old English tōnama (“surname”), {{prefix|en|to|name}} to- + name, {{cog|fy|tanamme}} West Frisian tanamme, {{cog|nl|toenaam}} Dutch toenaam, {{cog|gml|toname}} Middle Low German toname, {{cog|de|Zuname}} German Zuname, {{cog|da|tilnavn}} Danish tilnavn, {{cog|sv|tillnamn}} Swedish tillnamn Head templates: {{en-noun}} to-name (plural to-names)
  1. A name added to another name; surname.
    Sense id: en-to-name-en-noun-oRWmJPUi
  2. A name in addition to the Christian name and surname of an individual.
    Sense id: en-to-name-en-noun-8MPRcQAf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with to-: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: byname, tee-name, toname, tuename (english: erroneous), towname (english: erroneous)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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