The story
- Old Norse · derived frombýr“settlement, village”
- Old English · derived fromhlōse“pigsty”
- English todayLoseby
Habitational surname from the village of Lowesby, in Leicestershire, from Old English hlōse (“pigsty”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement, village”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhlōse all →
LoosleyLoosemore
Old Norsebýr all →
rugbyAshbyCosbyApplebyBOEDenbyDigbyBarnabyDanbyBixbyKilbySaxbyKelbyWelbyBeebyMellanbyEllerbyAglionbyFenby-byby-Carperby
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.