Surname · also Middle English
Pretlove
“to stab, pierce”
Pretlove is a surname, possibly from Middle English (ultimately Old French).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pretlove possibly goes back to Middle English priken, meaning “to stab, pierce.”
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Where it comes from
Pretlove possibly comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Middle English priken (“to stab, pierce”), from Old French love (“wolf”).
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Pretlove’s family of names
In English usage, Pretlove as a surname has a related form in PRETLOW.
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