Etymology

Hindmarsh

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English hindan
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhindan“behind”
  2. English todayHindmarsh

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”). Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhindan all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.