Etymology

Hampstead

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Today it means: shortened form of Hampstead Heath: teeth (Cockney rhyming slang). Full definition →

Old English hām
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Hampstead · proper noun1

  1. Old English · derived fromhām“homestead”
  2. English todayHampstead

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hempstead.

Hampstead · noun2

From Hampstead Heath.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhām all →

homehamcunninghamHempsteadHomewoodRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham

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