Etymology

Gosnold

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

Old English gōs ← Middle English wold
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwold“plain”
  2. Old English · inherited fromgōs“goose”
  3. English todayGosnold

Possibly from a locality called Gosenwold, from Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgōs all →

gooseGosfordGosnell

Middle Englishwold all →

Gosnell

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.