The story
- Old English · derived fromhām“village; property, estate”
- English todayDebenham
From Deben (“a local river”) + Old English hām (“village; property, estate”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhām all →
homehamcunninghamHempsteadHomewoodHampsteadRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.