Etymology

wetwood

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Today it means: Wood with a darkened or wet appearance resulting from abnormally high water content or a bacterial infection. Full definition →

Old English wǣt
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wetwood · noun1

From wet + wood.

Wetwood · proper noun2

  1. Old English · derived fromwǣt“wet”
  2. English todayWetwood

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + wudu (“wood”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwǣt all →

Wetton

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