Etymology

Borthwick

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Today it means: A hamlet and parish of Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3659). Full definition →

Old English bord
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombord“board”
  2. English todayBorthwick

From Old English bord (“board”) + wīc (“village”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbord all →

boardBordley

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.