Etymology

Colwick

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Today it means: A suburban village and civil parish in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6140). Full definition →

Old English col
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcol“coal”
  2. English todayColwick

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling place, village”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcol all →

coolcoalcoleColgateCowleyColburnCoultoncoomColwich

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.