Etymology

Boswell

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Today it means: A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds. Full definition →

Old Norse Bosi ← Proto-Germanic *bausuz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bausuz
  2. Old Norse · derived fromBosi
  3. English todayBoswell

Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*bausuz all →

boast

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