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Dutch
Dievoert, Dievoort,[1] Diedvoorde[2]
Etymology
The surname is derived from the place name in Belgium. As -voet in placenames on occasion alternates with -voort or similar,[1][2] there are two suggested origins:
Proper noun
Dievoet ?
- (obsolete) the name of a locality in the vicinity of Ukkel
- (chiefly Belgium) part of the surname Vandievoet, (Netherlands) Van Dievoet
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 C. L. Brinkman (1936) Nomina Geographica Neerlandica, volume 10, page 169
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A. Carnoy (1954) “Toponymie des chaussées romaines en Belgique et dans les régions avoisinantes”, in L'Antiquité Classique, volume 23, number 1, page 7
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ritu-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 259