The story
- Old English · derived frombor“elevated place; hill”
- English todayBorehamwood
Respelling of Boreham Wood, from Boreham + wood. "Boreham" is from Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbor all →
Boreham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.