The story
- Old English · derived fromhām“homestead”
- English todayHempstead
From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hampstead.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhām all →
homehamcunninghamHomewoodHampsteadRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.