Fulwood

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromfūl“dirty, foul”
2. Middle English · derived fromFulewde
3. English todayFulwood

From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”), definite form fūla + wudu (“wood”), 'the dirty wood'. The first element could possibly otherwise come from fugol (“bird, fowl”), thus 'wood where fowling takes place'.

Words from the same roots