Ross

Etymology

 * As a Scottish surname, from several places such as in Cumbria or  in Yorkshire, both from  or a  parallel of its source such as 🇨🇬. There were also several  families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare,.
 * As an English surname, from in Shipley, with loss of initial w.
 * As an English and surname, from derivatives of the old  root common in names . Compare.
 * As a surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from, related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See.
 * As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses, from the regional/poetic noun.
 * Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from any of several places of that name, from.

Etymology
From, from , , from.

Noun

 * 1)  horse

Etymology
From, from , , from.

Noun

 * 1)  horse
 * 2) * 1914, His Majesty the Emperor of Germany Wilhelm II, An das Deutsche Volk
 * "de"
 * 1) * 1914, His Majesty the Emperor of Germany Wilhelm II, An das Deutsche Volk
 * "de"

- Wir werden uns wehren bis zum letzten Hauch von Mann und Roß


 * 1)  stupid person, moron
 * 1)  stupid person, moron

Usage notes

 * Ross is a normal word for “horse”, alongside, in many parts of southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In northern and central Germany, Ross is not part of the colloquial vocabulary and is perceived as poetic, archaic, or restricted to noble riding horses.
 * The plurals and  are equally acceptable and roughly equally common, though the former is traditionally preferred in written standard German.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) countryside