Element

Element
After the 1066 Norman Conquest, French was given the status of the official language of Britain, and so it remained for three hundred years. However, the British being no better at foreign languages and in particular pronunciation, then as now, "Anglicized" the French to their own version of patois. In the case of "Element" we have the supreme irony of the English version of the French word for a German! "Element" is a derived form of "Alemaund". The surname is also recorded as Allmand, Almand, Almond, Allimant, Allamand, and Ellement, and the relative popularity suggests that the word was also applied to some at least of the famous "Flemish Weavers" of the 13th Century, who were perhaps mistaken for Germans. The name development and recordings include Joane Ellement, baptised at West Manningfield, Essex on July 1st 1581, and Simon Element, who witnessed the christening of his son, John, at Hatley St. George, Cambridgeshire, on December 17th 1643. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Almene, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. 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.

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  • Element — Element …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • element — ELEMENT. s. m. Corps simple qui entre dans la composition des corps mixtes. Les quatre elements. l element du feu. l element de l eau. l element de l air. l element de la terre. element chaud & sec. element froid & humide &c. l impureté des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Element — El e*ment, n. [F. [ e]l[ e]ment, L. elementum.] 1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. [1913 Webster] 2. One of the ultimate …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • élément — ÉLÉMENT. s. m. Corps simple qui entre dans la composition des corps mixtes. Les quatre élémens. L élément du feu. L élément de l eau. L élément de l air. L élément de la terre. Élément chaud et sec. Élément froid et humide, etc. Le mélange des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Element — (lat. elementum „Grundstoff“) bezeichnet: Element (Mathematik), einen mengentheoretischen Begriff: ein Objekt aus einer Menge Chemisches Element, einen chemisch nicht weiter trennbaren Stoff eines der vier Elemente in der antiken Naturphilosophie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • element — elèment m <G mn nātā> DEFINICIJA 1. pov. fil. jedno od četiriju počela (stihije) svijeta (vatra, zemlja, voda, zrak); počelo 2. kem. tvar koja se kemijskim putem ne može rastaviti na jednostavnije sastojke, sastoji se samo od istovrsnih… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Element — (marque) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Élément. Element est une marque de skateboard créée en 1992. Le pro skateur qui y est généralement associé est Bam Margera. Parmi les autres skateurs célèbres roulant pour Element, citons Mike Vallely,… …   Wikipédia en Français

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