Etymology

Dungworth

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Today it means: A hamlet in Bradfield civil parish, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK2889). Full definition →

Old English dung
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromdung“dungeon, underground place”
  2. English todayDungworth

From Old English dung (“dungeon, underground place”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdung all →

dungeondungdingle

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.