Andrewartha

Andrewartha and Trewartha are Cornish family names.

Etymology

Cornish Names[1] says:

  • Nouns:
    • "tre" a "town", feminine, maybe a hamlet or house
    • "tref: village, town", Brythonic Celt Welsh about 4-500 AD
  • Adjectives:
    • "Wartha": "upper" (maybe higher or greater or on a hill)
      • cf. "Wollas": "lower" (maybe smaller or lesser or in a valley, of the two).
  • Definite article:
    • "An" used as: "of the", "in the", "on the", "at the", in place names. Brythonic Celt Cornish language (Dexter, p. 18).

The book mentions "Trewartha" (p. 25), and "Andrewartha" (p. 60).

The Handbook of Cornish Names[2] states: "Trewartha" is a Cornish name meaning "Upper Farm" or "Upper Homestead".

People

References

  1. T. F. G. Dexter, Cornish Names, Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1926, Longmans Green. Reprinted 1968, Bradford Barton, p. 15
  2. G. Pawley White, A Handbook of Cornish Names, 1981.
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