Släkthistoria för Orpwood
Orpwood Vad efternamn betyder
altered form of Orpet (earlier Orpede Orpud) in which the final syllable has been re-interpreted by folk etymology as a weakly stressed pronunciation of -wood. Compare Rchd Orpud 1608 Dattin Orpwood 1737 in IGI (Bampton Oxon); Morris Orpitt 1623 Thomas Orpwood 1730 in IGI (Holborn Middx); John Orpitt 1644 Mary Orpwood 1799 James Orpood 1805 in IGI (Stepney Middx). The final syllable was also sometimes re-interpreted as a weak pronunciation of -head or -hood: Thomas Orpiet 1684 Edward Orphed Edward Orphod 1718 Elizabeth Orpwood 1816 in IGI (Abingdon Berks).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
