Etymology

Roswell

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Middle English Roweshill ← Old English hyll
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhyll“hill”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromRoweshill
  3. English todayRoswell

Metathesized from Middle English Roweshill, from a contraction of either the Old English personal name Hrōþwulf or its Norman cognate Rolf, Rouf, Rou (in the genitive case, adding -es) + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhyll all →

hillHiltonbrillCantrellPendleColeshillHillhouseHilburnSunninghillBrickhillHildenboroughBishop's HullPenhillPinnelhill

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.