Etymology

-leigh

Today it means: A suffix meaning “meadow” present in various given names and toponyms of Old English origin Full definition →

Old English lēah
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromlēah“meadow, pasture, field, clearing”
  2. English today-leigh

From Old English lēah (“meadow, pasture, field, clearing”) (modern English lea, leigh), used in various compound names, especially place-names.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlēah all →

lealeighRipleyHadleyBurnleylyeExleyKirkleyLeybourneOuseleyDinckleyHigh LeghRansleyWinkley

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