English
Ross
Ross comes from Scottish Gaelic ros ‘promontory’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*ɸrostos‘a wooded height or promontory’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900ros‘wood, promontory’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsame form‘promontory’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Ross
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*ɸrostos‘a wooded height or promontory’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900ros‘wood, promontory’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsame form‘promontory’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Ross
Earliest quotation: 2025, Jacob Sullum, Why Trump Should Keep His Promise To Free Silk Road Founder : “In addition to many other things he has promised…”
Every English word from Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos
Today it means
name An English and Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic derived from any of several places of that name, from Scottish Gaelic ros (“headland”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos / Ross