Etymology

Bancroft

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Today it means: A suburban area in Stantonbury parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8340). Full definition →

Old English bēan
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombēan“bean”
  2. English todayBancroft

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbēan all →

beanBentonBanfieldBanhamBeanlandBinstedBinstead

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