English Explanatory Dictionary

Twells

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Twells Twellses Twell Twelves

Etymology

Contraction of Old English æt (“at, by, near”) + wielle (“well, spring”), a toponymic surname for a person who lived by a spring or stream. The final -s derives from the genitive form.

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