The story
- Old English · inherited fromboga“bow”
- Old English · inherited fromBoilestun“Boghyll farm”
- English todayBoylestone
Possibly from Old English Boilestun (“Boghyll farm”). From Boghylles, the genitive singular form made up of Old English boga (“bow”) + hyll ("hill") combined with tūn ("farm"). All three elements synthesize to a meaning of "rounded hill farm".
Words from the same roots
Old Englishboga all →
bowBowdenbowesBowley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.