Etymology

Faversham

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161). Full definition →

Old English Fefreshām ← Latin faber
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfaber“smith, craftsman”
  2. Old English · inherited fromFefreshām
  3. English todayFaversham

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

Words from the same roots

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