Etymology

Aldershot

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Today it means: A town in Rushmoor borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8650). Full definition →

Old English alor
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromalor“alder”
  2. English todayAldershot

From Old English alor (“alder”) + sceat (“corner”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishalor all →

alderAldridgeAldertonEllertonAlderwickAldrethAllbrookArtingstall

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.