The story
- Old English · derived frombrōm“broom”
- English todayBromwell
Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Herefordshire, from Old English brōm (“broom”) + wella (“spring, stream”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbrōm all →
broomBromleyBramptonBroomfieldBromwichBromptonBramleyBramhallBrimleyBrimhallBramallBromhamBramhamBrummellBramelBramhillBromlow
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.