Etymology

ross

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Welsh rhos
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ross · noun1

  1. Welsh · derived fromrhos
  2. English todayross

From Welsh rhos.

Ross · proper noun2

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromros“promontory”
  2. English todayRoss

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There were also several Norman families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare Rose, Rhodes. * As an English surname, from Wrose in Shipley, with loss of initial w. * As an English and German surname, from derivatives of the old Germanic root common in names *hrōþi (“fame”). Compare Rossell. * As a Cornish surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from ros (“heathland”), related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See Rouse. * As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses, from the regional/poetic noun Ross (“horse”). Doublet of horse. * Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from Rose.

Words from the same roots

Welshrhos all →

rhosRhooseRhosllanerchrugogrosland

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