English

Mosspark

From moss + park.

A compound of moss + park

Proto-Indo-European *mews-

Proto-Germanic *musą ‘bog, moss’

Proto-West Germanic *mos

Old English mos ‘bog, marsh, moss’

Middle English mos

English moss

Frankish *parruk ‘enclosure, pen, fence’

Medieval Latin parcus

Old French parc ‘livestock pen’

Middle English park ‘enclosure’

English park

Today it means

name A suburb of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland, south of the Clyde (OS grid ref NS5563).

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

Etymograph / Mosspark