Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from Welsh. Full definition →

Old Welsh Cynbel ← Old English Cynebeald
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromCynebeald
  2. Old Welsh · derived fromCynbel
  3. English todayKimball

From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.