English Explanatory Dictionary

Pettigrew

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.

Word forms

Pettigrew Pettigru Pettegre Petegre Petigrew Petticrew Petegrew Pettygrew

Etymology

Unknown, although possibly from the French phrase "petit cru" (small growth) from Anglo-Norman French "petit creu", thus as a nickname for a small/short man. Other interpretations include from the French phrase "pie de grue" (crane's foot), i.e., someone with long legs (cf. pedigree, from Anglo-French "pe de gru", a variant of Old French pied de gru, "foot of a crane"). Attested from the 13th century as an English surname.

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