Etymograph

English

Powell

Powell comes from Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’.

  1. Welshc. 1500–presentap Hywel‘son of Hywel’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Powell

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Welshc. 1500–presentap Hywel‘son of Hywel’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Powell

Earliest quotation: 2025, Elisabeth Buchwald, Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed ch: “President Donald Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is…”

The story

The anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel (‘son of Hywel’). Sometimes also associated with Paul by folk etymology.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from Welsh ap Hywel

Today it means

name An English and Welsh surname from Welsh.

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

Etymograph / Welsh ap Hywel / Powell

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