The story
- Old English · derived fromlīn“flax”
- English todayLinstead
Habitational surname from the villages of Linstead Magna and Linstead Parva, in Suffolk, from Old English līn (“flax”) or hlin (“maple tree”) + stede (“place”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlīn all →
linelinLintonLindleyLyfordLynam
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.