The story
- Old English · derived fromhām“-ham”
- Old English · derived from*melt“smelting”
- Middle English · inherited fromMeltham
- English todayMeltham
From Middle English Meltham, perhaps from Old English *melt (“smelting”) or mealt (“malt”) + Old English hām (“-ham”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhām all →
homehamcunninghamHempsteadHomewoodHampsteadRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.