Pratt
English
Etymology
Probably from French pré (“meadow”), meaning a meadow dweller; from Old French prat, from Latin pratum. Another proposed source is Old English prætt (“trick, cunning, astute”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Proper noun
Pratt
- A surname known in England, Ireland, and Scotland.
- A city in and the county seat of Pratt County, Kansas.
- A mountain in New Hampshire.
- A town in West Virginia.
Derived terms
- Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm
- Pratt County
- Pratt knot
- Pratt's sign
- Pratt's symptom
- Prattville
References
- (etymology) The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, by George Fraser Black, New York Public Library: 1962, page 671.
- (etymology) Pratt, Prett, Pritt, in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Percy Hide Reaney, Richard Middlewood Wilson, Routledge: 1991, page 360. →ISBN
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