Etymology

Milbourne

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Today it means: A village in Ponteland parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1175). Full definition →

Old English mylen
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommylen“mill”
  2. English todayMilbourne

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, bourn”); compare the doublets Milburn and Melbourne.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmylen all →

MiltonMilneMillbrookMillingtonMilburn

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.