Etymology

Holcroft

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

Old English hol
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhol“hollow place”
  2. English todayHolcroft

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified settlement in Lancashire, from Old English hol (“hollow place”) + croft (“small enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhol all →

hollyHolbrookHolleymangelforeholdHolbury

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.