Etymology

Netherbury

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Today it means: A village and civil parish between Beaminster and Bridport, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4799). Full definition →

Old English niþera
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromniþera“lower”
  2. English todayNetherbury

From Old English niþera (“lower”) + byriġ (“fort”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishniþera all →

netherNethertonNethercote

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.