Where does “Elwood” come from?

Elwood (English) comes from Middle English Elwald, from Old English Ælf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

Elwood (English): A placename, from the surname

Definitions

  1. A placename, from the surname

Ancestry of “Elwood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishElwald—
2Old EnglishÆlf—
3Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
4Proto-Germanicalbīriver
5LatinAlbis—
6LatinAlbeus—
Every word from Latin Albeus →Every word from Proto-Germanic albī →Every word from Latin Albis →