Etymology

Moorhouse

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Today it means: A small village in Burgh by Sands parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3356). Full definition →

Old English mōr
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommōr“moor, marsh, fen”
  2. English todayMoorhouse

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh, fen”) + hūs (“house”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmōr all →

MortonmoorMorleyDartmoorMurrowMurtonStarmerMoorfieldMorborne

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.