English

Rosehill

From rose + hill.

Formed from rose + hill

Latin rosa

Old English rōse

Middle English rose

English rose

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’

Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’

Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’

Old English hyll ‘hill’

Middle English hil ‘hill’

English hill

Today it means

name A number of places in England: A suburb in borough of Sutton, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2666).

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

Etymograph / Rosehill