Given name & surname
Went
“crossroad, passage”
Went is a surname from Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Went goes back to Middle English went, meaning “crossroad, passage.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English went (“crossroad, passage”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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