Etymology

Cosby

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495). Full definition →

Old Norse býr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombýr“farm; settlement”
  2. English todayCosby

From the Old English personal name *Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebýr all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.