Etymology

Buscot

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Today it means: A small village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SP2397). Full definition →

Middle English Burscote ← Old English *Burgweardescote
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  1. Old English · inherited from*Burgweardescote
  2. Middle English · inherited fromBurscote
  3. English todayBuscot

Inherited from Middle English Burscote, contraction of Burwardescote, from Old English *Burgweardescote, from *Burgweard (a personal name) + cote (“house”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.