The story
- Old English · derived fromæt“at, by, near”
- English todayTwells
Contraction of Old English æt (“at, by, near”) + wielle (“well, spring”), a toponymic surname for a person who lived by a spring or stream. The final -s derives from the genitive form.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishæt all →
atnastyAttridge
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.