Etymology

Cranmore

C3R1A1N1M3O1R1E1

Today it means: A settlement in Shalfleet parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3990). Full definition →

Old English cran
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromcran“crane”
  2. English todayCranmore

# For the place in the Isle of Wight: from Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + mōr (“marsh”), 'cranes' marsh'. # For the place in Somerset: from Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + mere (“pool”), 'cranes' pool'.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcran all →

craneCranstonCranfieldCranfordCranleighCranwellCornforthCranswickCornhill-on-TweedCransford

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.