Etymology

Everleigh

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Today it means: A village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU204538). Full definition →

Old English eofor
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromeofor“wild boar”
  2. English todayEverleigh

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Compare the Dutch toponym Everlo.

Words from the same roots

Old Englisheofor all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.