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Twells

Twells proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Twells (plural Twellses)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Twells

pluralTwellses
alternative formTwell
alternative formTwelves

Origin of Twells

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.

Questions about Twells

What does Twells mean?
Twells means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Twells?
Twells is a proper noun.

Words near Twells in the dictionary

  1. twelfthly
  2. twelfths
  3. Twelfthtide
  4. twelfty
  5. twell
  6. Twells
  7. Twellses
  8. twelth
  9. twelue
  10. twelve
  11. twelve bar blues

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