Rhos
/roʊs/noun
A Welsh place-name element and several place names in Wales, especially associated with a moor, heath, or promontory.
Did you know?In Welsh, rhos is tied to a real landscape term meaning a moor or heath, and it survives in place-names that preserve pre-English layers of Britain’s geography.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Celtic
P-Celtic
*rosso-
“moor, heath, headland”
Old Welsh
Welsh
ross / rhos
“moor, heath, common land”
Middle Welsh
Welsh
rhos
“moor, heath; also used in place-names”
Modern English
English
Rhos
“A Welsh place-name or place-name element”
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