English

Kingsley

Kingsley comes from Old English cynges.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of cyng ‘king’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to procreate’

Proto-Germanic *kuningaz ‘king’

Proto-West Germanic *kuning ‘king’

Old English cyning ‘king’

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *lówkos ‘clearing’

Proto-Germanic *lauhaz ‘clearing’

Proto-West Germanic *lauh ‘clearing’

Old English lēah ‘wood, clearing’

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (‘king’) + lēah (‘wood, clearing’).

Every English word from Old English cynges

name A surname.

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