Etymology

Rosewarne

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Today it means: A suburb of Camborne, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW648407). Full definition →

Cornish ros ← Anglo-Norman warrene
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The story

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromwarrene“warren; game-park”
  2. Cornish · derived fromros“heathland”
  3. English todayRosewarne

Perhaps from Cornish ros (“heathland”) + Anglo-Norman warrene (“warren; game-park”).

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