Etymology

Stockwell

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Today it means: A suburb in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3076). Full definition →

Old English stocc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromstocc“tree trunk, stump”
  2. English todayStockwell

From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstocc all →

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