英和和英

名詞

ink pen (plural ink pens)

1. (US, pin-pen merger, retronym) A writing pen.

   Alternative form: inkpen

参考

語源

From an unrecorded 古期英語 element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.

固有名詞

Inkpen (countable and uncountable, plural Inkpens)

1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Inkpen is the 132206 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 128 individuals. Inkpen is most common among White (92.19%) individuals.

参照

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Inkpen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.