Etymology

Little Missenden

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9298). Full definition →

Middle English Missedene ← Old English dene
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  1. Old English · derived fromdene
  2. Middle English · derived fromMissedene
  3. English todayLittle Missenden

From Middle English Missedene (also Messedena and Musindone), from ? + Old English dene (valley).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdene all →

deanDaneDanburyDenbyDenhamdeneDanbyDenholmDenslowRattlesden

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.