Etymology

Epping

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL455025). Full definition →

Old English yppe
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromyppe“upland”
  2. English todayEpping

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishyppe all →

EppridgeMendip Hills

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