Etymology

Calderwood

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Today it means: A suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375). Full definition →

Old English wudu
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwudu“wood”
  2. English todayCalderwood

From the river name Calder + Old English wudu (“wood”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwudu all →

WoodstockWoodburyWoodfordLynnwoodLinwoodWoottonWoodleyLynwoodWoodallWottonWoodhallWoodthorpeWoodhurstChetwodeWoodhatch

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.