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Waldo

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Translingual

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Waldo parasiticus

Etymology

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A play on the US name of the children's book series Where's Waldo?.[1]

Proper noun

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Waldo m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lasaeidae – small marine clams.

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  1. ^ Valentich-Scott, P.; O'Foighil, D. Li, J. 2013: Where’s Waldo? A new commensal species, Waldo arthuri (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Galeommatidae), from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys, 316: 67-80. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.316.4256

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English

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Etymology

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English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle."[1][2] Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). Compare Walthall, Waldie.

Proper noun

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Waldo

  1. A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
    • 2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 217:
      He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waldo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Walthall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Waldo.

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Waldo (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. a male given name from English
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