Bettencourt
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Bettencourt.
Proper noun edit
Bettencourt (plural Bettencourts)
- A surname from French.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French Béthencourt, from the Germanic personal name Betto, a variant of Berto, + cort (“court”).
Proper noun edit
Bettencourt ?
- a surname
References edit
- Maurits Gysseling, Toponymisch Woordenboek van België, Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland (vóór 1226), 1960, p. 135
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From French Béthencourt.
Proper noun edit
Bettencourt m or f by sense
- a surname from French