Etymology

Burnham

B3U1R1N1H4A1M3

Today it means: A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in South Bucks district, and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9382). Full definition →

Old English burna
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromburna“stream”
  2. English todayBurnham

From Old English burna (“stream”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishburna all →

bourneBruntonbrindleBrundishbrunneWinkburn

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