Coat surname Smith artificial sand colored stone
Crest smith
The
origin of Smith is English. The definition is derived from the Anglo-Saxon
"smitan,"
to smite or strike, SMITH and its derivations are an occupational name for a
man who works with metal (smith or blacksmith), one of the earliest jobs for
which specialist skills were required. It is a craft that was practiced in all
countries, making the surname and is derivations the most common of all
surnames. Other spellings of Smith are: Smyth, Smythe, and Schmidt. “English: occupational name for a worker in
metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest
occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance
ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of
all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in
making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for
their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most
frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and
translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see
Hanks and Hodges 1988). The most common of all surnames, and might of itself
furnish matter enough for a volume.
Parchment surname Smith
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