Thynne
English
editEtymology
edit- From Middle English Thynne, from thinne (“lean, slender”).[1]
- From Irish Ó Teimheáin, from Ó (“descendant”) + Teimheán, a name from Old Irish teimh (“dark”) + -án (diminutive suffix).[1]
- From Middle English Thynne, from þe (“the”) + in (“guesthouse, inn, hostel, house”), originating from John Boteville (1449 – p. 1485), who was called “John of the Inn” after his mansion in Stretton, Salop, to which the freehold lands of the family, with various detached copyholds, were attached.[2][3]
Proper noun
editThynne
- A surname.
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thynne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ Arthur Collins (1768), “Thynne, Viscount Weymouth”, in The Peerage of England; […], 4th edition, volume VI, London: […] H. Woodfall, J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, […], →OCLC, page 257: “[…] John Botevile, called John of the Inne, from his manſion in Stretton; and thence came the ſurname of Thynne, as now uſed.”
- ^ Evelyn Philip Shirley (1859), “Thynne of Longleate, Marquis of Bath 1789; Viscount Weymouth 1682; Baronet 1641”, in The Noble and Gentle Men of England; […], Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, →OCLC, page 276: “The name is derived from the mansion or inn at Stretton, in the county of Salop, to which the freehold lands of the family, with various detached copyholds, were attached.”