Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: sel-wood
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST787486).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: sealh

Usage

Inflected Forms

Selwoods (plural) Sellwood (alternative)

Questions

What does selwood mean?: A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST787486).
Where does selwood come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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