Etymology

Inkpen

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764). Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *penn
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  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*penn“head; top, height”
  2. English todayInkpen

From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.

Words from the same roots

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