Etymology

Frodsham

F4R1O1D2S1H4A1M3

Today it means: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5277). Full definition →

Old English Frōd
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromFrōd“given name”
  2. English todayFrodsham

From Old English Frōd (“given name”) + -es (“genitive suffix”) + hamm (“enclosure”). Literally, “Frōd's enclosure”.

Words from the same roots

Old EnglishFrōd all →

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