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Hi there. I'm trying to find information on the last name Mandrake. It's most famous use is probably one of Peter Sellers' characters in Dr. Strangelove. I'm thinking Irish, but I can't find anything on it.
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Middle English
Mandrake is the common name for the plant genus Mandragora (part of the nighshade family). See both points below for etymology.
1) Origin: 1275–1325; ME, var. of mandrage (short for mandragora), taken by folk etymology as man1 + drake2]---Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
2) Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorâs, from Greek.---The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed.
Mandrake is the common name for the plant genus Mandragora (part of the nighshade family). See both points below for etymology.
1) Origin: 1275–1325; ME, var. of mandrage (short for mandragora), taken by folk etymology as man1 + drake2]---Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
2) Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorâs, from Greek.---The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed.
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Sorry no idea. never even heard of it
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