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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Bettencourt.
Proper noun
Bettencourt (plural Bettencourts)
- A surname from French.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French Béthencourt, from the Germanic personal name Betto, a variant of Berto, + cort (“court”).
Proper noun
Bettencourt ?
- a surname
References
- Maurits Gysseling, Toponymisch Woordenboek van België, Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland (vóór 1226), 1960, p. 135
Portuguese
Etymology
From French Béthencourt.
Proper noun
Bettencourt m or f by sense
- a surname from French