Etymology

Longwell

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

Medieval Latin longa
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromlonga
  2. English todayLongwell

Anglicized form of a Norman habitational surname, from a village in Normandy called Longueville-sur-Scie, from Medieval Latin longa villa (“long village”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.