English Explanatory Dictionary

Elson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A northern suburb of Gosport, Gosport borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6001).
  3. A small village in Ellesmere Rural parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3835).

Pronunciation

/ˈɛl.sən/

Word forms

Elson Elsons

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English elson, alternative spelling of elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

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