Etymology

Marsden

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Today it means: A suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia. Full definition →

Old English mearc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommearc“mark, sign; boundary”
  2. English todayMarsden

From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmearc all →

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