Dot

Dot
This ancient surname is a patronymic form of the Olde English pre 7th Century personal byname "Dodda, Dudda" (Middle English "Dodde, Dudde"), ultimately from a Germanic root "dudd, dodd", "something rounded", used to denote a short, rotund man, or possibly a bald one, from "dod", to make bare, cut off. One Aelfweard Dudd appears in the Old English Byname Register for Hampshire, circa 1030, and an Aluric Dod in the Domesday Book of 1086 for Dorset. The patronymic also has the unusual distinction of also being first recorded in Domesday (see below). Further early patronymic forms include: Aeluric Dodedes, noted in Feudal Documents from the Abbey of Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, and Magota Dodson, entered in the 1379 Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire. In the modern idiom the name is variously spelt: Dods, Dodds, Dodson, Doodson, Dudson, Dotson and Dootson. On August 30th 1573, Elline, daughter of Thomas Doodson, was christened at Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, and in 1627, one John Doodson, of Kearsley, Lancashire, was entered in Wills Records held at Chester. An Isabella Doodson, of Farnworth, was entered in the same records in 1634. A Coat of Arms granted to the family circa 1625 is a silver shield with a red fess nebule between three black fleurs-de-lis. The three leaves of the fleur-de-lis represent respectively Faith, Wisdom and Valour. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Aluinus Dodeson, which was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book of Hertfordshire, during the reign of King William 1, known as "William the Conqueror", 1066 - 1087. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • dot — dot …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • dot — [ dɔt ] n. f. • fin XIIe, rare av. XVIe; lat. jurid. dos, dotis « don » 1 ♦ Bien qu une femme apporte en se mariant. Elle a une belle, une grosse dot. Apporter une maison en dot. Coureur, chasseur de dot : homme qui cherche à épouser une fille… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • dot — (dot ; au pluriel, le t se prononce aussi : les dot ; l s ne se lie pas : des dot en argent ; cependant quelques uns la lient : des dot z en argent) s. f. 1°   Ce qu on donne à une fille en mariage, le bien qu elle apporte à son mari. Une riche… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • DOT 4 — is one of several designations of automotive brake fluid, denoting a particular mixture of chemicals imparting specified ranges of boiling point. In the United States, all brake fluids must meet Standard No. 116; Motor vehicle brake fluids[1].… …   Wikipedia

  • DOT 3 — is one of several designations of automotive brake fluid, denoting a particular mixture of chemicals imparting specified ranges of boiling point. In the United States, all brake fluids must meet Standard No. 116; Motor vehicle brake fluids[1].… …   Wikipedia

  • DOT — ist eine Abkürzung für: das Business Intelligence Produkt dot datawarehouse operations tool die DOT Nummer, eine Angabe für das Herstellungsdatum von Autoreifen die Klassifizierung von Bremsflüssigkeiten nach deren Siedepunkt Deep Ocean… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • DOT LT — IATA R6 ICAO DNU Callsign DANU Founded 2003 Operating bases …   Wikipedia

  • Dot — ist eine Abkürzung für: das Business Intelligence Produkt dot datawarehouse operations tool die DOT Nummer, eine Angabe für das Herstellungsdatum von Autoreifen die Klassifizierung von Bremsflüssigkeiten nach deren Siedepunkt Deep Ocean… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • DOT 3 — est une désignation de liquide de freins pour automobiles. Aux États Unis, les liquides de freins doivent répondre au Standard No. 116; Liquides de freins pour véhicules à moteur[1]. Sous ce standard, le Department of Transportation (DOT) donne… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • dot — ► NOUN 1) a small round mark or spot. 2) Music a dot used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato. 3) the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code. ► VERB (dotted, dotting) 1) mark with a dot or dots …   English terms dictionary

  • dot — dot1 [dät] n. [OE dott, head of boil: prob. reinforced (16th c.) by Du dot, akin to Ger dütte, nipple, Du dodde, a plug, Norw, LowG dott, little heap or swelling] 1. a tiny spot, speck, or mark, esp. one made with or as with a pointed object; as… …   English World dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”