Etymology

nowell

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle English Nowel ← Old French noel
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromnoel“Christmas”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromNowel
  3. English todayNowell

From Middle English Nowel, from Old French noel (“Christmas”).

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishNowel all →

noelnewel

Old Frenchnoel all →

noelnewelnoyau

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.