Etymology

Fleetwood

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Today it means: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348). Full definition →

Old English flēot
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromflēot“pool, stream”
  2. English todayFleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishflēot all →

fleet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.