Etymology

Longworth

L1O1N1G2W4O1R1T1H4

Today it means: A village in Oxfordshire, England (historically Berkshire). Full definition →

Old English lang
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromlang“long”
  2. English todayLongworth

From Old English lang (“long”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlang all →

longlangleyLangdonLangstonLandonLangfordLongfordLanghamLangdaleLongbottomLongfieldlangridgeLongdenLangworthyLongdonLangdownLangthorne

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.