Etymology

Milburn

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY655293). Full definition →

Old English mylen
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The story

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

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, brook”); compare the doublet Milbourne.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmylen all →

MiltonMilneMillbrookMillingtonMilbourne

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.