The story
- Old English · derived fromhoc“hook or spur of land”
- English todayHuxtable
Habitational surname typical of Devon, from Old English hoc (“hook or spur of land”) + stapol (“post”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhoc all →
hookhokehollyhockHookway
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.