Livermore
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Etymology edit
The surname is probably habitational, from Livermere.[1] The city is named after Robert Livermore.
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Proper noun edit
Livermore
- A surname.
- A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
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References edit
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Livermore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 448:
- English: probably a habitational name from Livermere in Suffolk. This is first found in the form Leuuremer (c. 1050), which suggests derivation from Old English lǣfer ‘rush’, ‘reed’ + mere ‘lake’. However, later forms consistently show i in the first syllable, suggesting Old English lifer ‘liver’, referring either to the shape of the pond or to the coagulation of the water.