Etymology

Crosby

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Today it means: A village in Crosscanonby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0738). Full definition →

Old Norse kross
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromkross“cross”
  2. English todayCrosby

From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsekross all →

crossCrostonCrosthwaite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.