English (Bristol): of uncertain derivation; perhaps a Norman
metonymic occupational name for a spinner or a maker of spindles, from
Old French fusel ‘spindle’ (Late Latin fusellus, a
diminutive of classical Latin fusus).
Americanized
spelling of German Füssel, a diminutive of Fuss.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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