Etymology

Blakemere

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3640). Full definition →

Old English blæc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromblæc“black”
  2. English todayBlakemere

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mere (“lake, pool”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishblæc all →

blakeBlackburnBlackmoreBlakeneyBlakeleyblackmoorBlackmerbleckBlackmere

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.