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Originally Posted by Jellby
I don't know in French, but in Spanish the "de" does not always denote aristocracy (I'd say more often doesn't). It also means "from", so it was used in times when surnames were often just the town where someone's family came from, or the name of the father/mother.
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I had always heard that in French it was "of" similar to "from". Actually Zelda's comment was the first time I had heard it was tied to aristocracy which was caused my comment in the first place. Oh well, I couldn't take the notoriety anyway I suppose
Dale