Etymology

Crawley

C3R1A1W4L1E1Y4

Today it means: A large town and borough in West Sussex. Full definition →

Old English crāwe
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromcrāwe“crow”
  2. English todayCrawley

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcrāwe all →

CrawfordCrawshaw

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.