Etymology

Roosevelt

Roo·se·velt
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Today it means: An American surname from Dutch; borne by a political family who produced two presidents of the United States. Full definition →

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From a Dutch name of a farm, either Rozenveld (one in Zeeland) or Ruiseveld (one in Brabant), from Middle Dutch; the former could be a compound of rose (“wild rose / poppy?”) + velt (“open country; field”) or like the latter of rusch (“rush reed”) + velt, “open land growing with rushes”.

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