Bettencourt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bettencourt.

Proper noun

Bettencourt (plural Bettencourts)

  1. A surname from French.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Béthencourt, from the Germanic personal name Betto, a variant of Berto, + cort (“court”).

Proper noun

Bettencourt ?

  1. a surname

References
  • Maurits Gysseling, Toponymisch Woordenboek van België, Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland (vóór 1226), 1960, p. 135

Portuguese

Etymology

From French Béthencourt.

Proper noun

Bettencourt m or f by sense

  1. a surname from French
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