nazwisko.
surname, last name (name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name)
Meaning & usage
surname, last name (name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name)
mieć na nazwisko
name (person famous or an authority in some field)
name (that by which someone calls something)
nickname (term that is not the real name for something)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō Proto-Slavic *na Proto-Slavic *na- Old Polish na- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH-der. Proto-Slavic *zъvati Old Polish zwać Old Polish nazwać Polish nazwać Proto-Slavic *-išče Proto-Slavic *-isko Old Polish -isko Polish -isko Polish nazwisko From nazwać (“to call”) + -isko (“place-forming suffix”). First attested in 1559. The use of the place suffix is due to the fact that last names used to be based on one's city of origin or residence. Compare Kashubian nôzwëstkò, Ukrainian на́звисько (názvysʹko), and Silesian nazwisko.
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