Morphew

See also: morphew

English

Etymology

Norman French name borrowed from Old French malfé, malfeü, which in turn is derived from Latin malefatus, malefatutus, the perfect active participle of malefor (“to speak ill”), from Proto-Italic *maledfatos, fromLatin male (“badly, wrong”) + Latin for (“speak, say”). The first part is from Proto-Italic *malos, from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”), cognate with Lithuanian melas (“lie”) and the first element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”). The second part is from Proto-Italic *fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”), cognate with the second element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”). Doublet of blame. Doublet of blaspheme.

Proper noun

Morphew (plural Morphews)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Morphew is the 19602^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1376 individuals. Morphew is most common among White (95.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Morphew in Dictionary of American Family Names‎^[1], Oxford University Press, 2013