Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English cumb
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcumb“valley”
  2. English todayCongreve

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English cumb (“valley”) + grāf (“grove”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcumb all →

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