Where does “Powys” come from?
Powys (Welsh) comes from Latin pāgēnsis, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Ancestry of “Powys”, step by step
Words derived from “Powys”