The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*hrussą“horse”
- Italian · derived fromRosmunda
- French · derived fromRosemonde
- Germanic · derived from
- English todayRosamund
Of Germanic origin (probably Frankish via French Rosemonde or Lombardic via Italian Rosmunda), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *mundō (“protection”). By medieval folk etymology interpreted as Latin rosa munda (“pure rose”) or rosa mundī (“rose of the world”) in reference to the Virgin Mary.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*hrussą all →
horseRosalindRoseman
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.