Lavater
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editLavater (plural Lavaters)
- A surname from German.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lavater”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 405.
- Forebears
German
editEtymology
editLatinization of the surname Wascher.[1] Originating from Zurich.
Proper noun
editLavater m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lavaters or (with an article) Lavater, feminine genitive Lavater, plural Lavaters or Lavater)
- a surname