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greenhouse Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived in a house by a village green, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + hous ‘house’. (The term was not used to denote a glasshouse for the cultivation of ‘greens’ or sensitive plants until the late 17th century.)
- Jewish (American): English translation of Ashkenazic Grünhaus, an oramental name composed of German grün ‘green’ + Haus ‘house’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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