to-name
to-name · to-names
Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames,…Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.
Meaning
1 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal)Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.
Origin
From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to-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.
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