English Explanatory Dictionary

Selway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Word forms

Selway Selways Selvey Selvy

Etymology

From the Middle English personal name Salewi, probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

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