Etymology

Bowers Gifford

Today it means: A small village in Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet parish, Basildon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7588). Full definition →

Old English būr
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombūr“bower”
  2. English todayBowers Gifford

From Old English būr (“bower”), with manorial affix from the Giffard family in the 13th century.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbūr all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.