Etymology

Hookway

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

Old English hōc
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  1. Old English · derived fromhōc“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”
  2. English todayHookway

Habitational surname from a minor place near Crediton, Devon, from Old English hōc (“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”) + weġ (“way, path, road”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhōc all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.