Derived+from+a+verb
131Nicholls — This interesting name is one of the patronymic forms of the surname from the personal name Nicholas, which is ultimately of Greek origin, from Nikolaos , composed of elements derived from the verb nikan , to conquer, with laos , people. The given …
132chill — [14] Old English had a noun cele or ciele ‘cold’ (from the same Germanic base as cold) which developed into Middle English chile ‘cold, frost’. Gaps in the record, however, cast doubt on whether this was the direct ancestor of the modern English… …
