Etymology

Greenhalgh

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Today it means: A village in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD399733). Full definition →

Old English grēne
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromgrēne“green”
  2. English todayGreenhalgh

From Old English grēne (“green”) + holh (“hollow”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgrēne all →

greenGreenleeGrinsteadGreenupGrindleyGreenlawGreenhamGreengrassIngleby Greenhow

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.