The story
- Old English · derived fromhōc“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”
- 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 →
hookhokehollyhockHuxtable
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.