Etymology

Mossley

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9702). Full definition →

Old English mos
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frommos“moss, bog”
  2. English todayMossley

From Old English mos (“moss, bog”) + lēah (“meadow”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmos all →

mossMosleymushMisson

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