Etymology

Blackburn

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Today it means: A large town in Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England. Full definition →

Old English blæc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromblæc“dark”
  2. English todayBlackburn

From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishblæc all →

blakeBlackmoreBlakeneyBlakeleyblackmoorBlackmerbleckBlakemereBlackmere

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.