Etymology

Wedgwood

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Today it means: An English habitational surname from a place in Staffordshire. Full definition →

Old English wice
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwice“wych elm”
  2. English todayWedgwood

From Old English wice (“wych elm”) + wudu (“wood”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwice all →

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