Re: OT Ethnotypes WAS Re: FWD [OT but interesting]....

Aren't they both the same? As would be Dutch hoog-aard "high ground"  the
second element would be seen as the common French formative -ard as in
"Blanchard" and so on, even though the derivation was different. Just an
idea.
Mike


> Speaking of surnames, here's something I've always been
> curious about -- does anyone know the etymology of
> (the French, not the English!) Hogard?
>
> -Tone
>

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