Etymograph

English

Lakewood

By surface analysis, lake + wood.

Equivalent to lake + wood

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 locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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

Etymograph / Lakewood