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Son (or descendant of)

Norman, Fitz-; Gaelic, Mac; Welsh, Ap- (sometimes contracted into P, as P-richard); Irish, Oʹ; Hebrew and Arabic, Ben-, all prefixes: English, -son; Russian, -vitch or -witch, postfixes.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.