The story
- Old English · derived from*beonot“bent grass”
- English todayBentham
From Old English *beonot (“bent grass”) + hām (“homestead, village”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An English habitational surname from Old English derived from any of several places. Full definition →
From Old English *beonot (“bent grass”) + hām (“homestead, village”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.