English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Bettencourt.

Proper noun

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Bettencourt (plural Bettencourts)

  1. A surname from French.

French

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Etymology

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

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Bettencourt ?

  1. a surname

References

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From French Béthencourt.

Proper noun

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Bettencourt m or f by sense

  1. a surname from French