Etymology

Cornwell

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English crana
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromcrana“cranes”
  2. English todayCornwell

From Old English crana (“cranes”) + well (“spring, well”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.