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Excerpt from The Family of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff: 1638
The Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and ''greeks, had no surnames.
Surnames have originated in various ways. Some are derived from the names of places; others from offices and professions; from personal peculiarities; from the Christian or proper name of the father from the performance of certain actions; from objects in the animal, mineral and vegetable world, and from accidental circumstances of every varied character.
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The Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and ''greeks, had no surnames.
Surnames have originated in various ways. Some are derived from the names of places; others from offices and professions; from personal peculiarities; from the Christian or proper name of the father from the performance of certain actions; from objects in the animal, mineral and vegetable world, and from accidental circumstances of every varied character.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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ISBN - 9780260627506
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
Page Count - 215
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ISBN - 9781332317073
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Page Count - 217
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