Given name & surname · also Middle English
Fosbury
“fort”
Fosbury is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Fosbury comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Forstebury, from Old English *Forstabyriġ, built from Old English forst + burh (“fort”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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