English Explanatory Dictionary

Arnold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1241).
  4. A market town in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5945).
  5. A small town in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia.
  6. A community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California.
  9. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
  10. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois.
  11. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois.
  12. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Iowa.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑɹnəld/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Arnold.wav

Word forms

Arnold Ahnold

Etymology

From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-. Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).

Related words

erne -ornis ornitho-

Derived words

Arnie Arnold-Chiari malformation Arnoldesque Arnoldian Arnoldianism Arnoldist Arnold Palmer Arnold's cat map Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold's Cove Arnold West Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem Thorpe Arnold
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