The story
- Welsh · derived fromglas“blue”
- Old English · derived fromglæs“glass”
- English todayGlasscock
Various origins: * English habitational surname from a place called Glascote, in Staffordshire, from Old English glæs (“glass”) + cot (“hut, shelter”). * Welsh habitational surname from the village of Glascoed, in Monmouthshire, from Welsh glas (“blue”) + coed (“wood”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishglæs all →
glass
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.