Etymology

Roseman

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle English Rosamunde ← Proto-Germanic *hrussą ← German Rosemann
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The story

  1. cs,hu,sh,sk,sl · derived fromRozman,Rožman,Rozmán
  2. German · derived fromRosemann
  3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hrussą“horse”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromRosamunde
  5. English todayRoseman

* From Middle English Rosamunde, a female given name ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) + *mundō (“protection”), but by medieval folk etymology interpreted as Latin rosa munda (“pure rose”) and therefore as an epithet of the Virgin Mary. * An artificial name or name adopted by the husband of a woman with the Yiddish name רויזע (royze); see Rose. * An Americanized form of German Rosemann or Rosmann; see Rossmann. * An Americanized form of Czech, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovene Rozman, Rožman, or Rozmán.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*hrussą all →

horseRosalindRosamund

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.