The story
- Old English · derived fromboswurþ“cattle enclosure”
- English todayBosworth
From Old English boswurþ (“cattle enclosure”), from *bōs (attested in derivative bōsih, bōsiġ, bōsg (“cattle-stall”)) + wurþ, weorþ, worþ (“an enclosed place”). See also boose.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.