English

Greenwood

* Probably from green + wood, an area covered with trees.

Formed from green + wood

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

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Proto-Germanic *grōniz

Proto-West Germanic *grōnī

Old English grēne

Middle English grene

English green

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’

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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’

Old English widu

Old English wudu ‘wood’

Middle English wode ‘wood’

English wood

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Greenwood