Etymology

Godsell

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English god
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromgod“deity”
  2. English todayGodsell

Habitational surname from any of various places called Godshill, from Old English god (“deity”) or gōd (“good”) + hyll (“hill”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgod all →

Goodwingood heavens

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.