[ANSTHRLD] D'Etcheverry name questions

[Jennifer Smith]

On 30 Jan 2002 at 20:49, Andrea Hicks wrote:
> Hopefully someone can find a dated source, but I found <Etcheverry> in
> Dauzat, Albert.  Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et des
> Prenoms de France. Librairie Larousse, 1987, ISBN 2-03-340309-2, page
> 240, s.n. Etche, n. basque signifiant 'maison'...; <Etcheberry>, <
> -verry>..."
>
> Alas!  I don't understand French.

Neither do I, but Altavista's babelfish doesn't do too bad of a job.
According to it, it is Basque, meaning 'house', which is found in
many family names such as 'top of house', 'red house', 'wood house',
'two houses', and in Etcheverry's case, 'new house'.

-Emma de Fetherstan

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Jennifer Smith
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