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Farcet

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, south of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL2094). Full definition →

Middle English Farresheved ← Old English *Fearreshēafod

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Old English · inherited from*Fearreshēafod
Middle English · inherited fromFarresheved
English todayFarcet

Inherited from Middle English Farresheved, from Old English *Fearreshēafod, from fearres (“bull's”) + hēafod (“head”); for the formation, compare Gateshead, Shepshed, and Swineshead.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.