Etymology

Linstead

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

Old English līn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromlīn“flax”
  2. 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 →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.