Etymology

Northcote

N1O1R1T1H4C3O1T1E1

Today it means: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia Full definition →

Old English norþ
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromnorþ“north”
  2. English todayNorthcote

From Old English norþ (“north”) + cot (“cottage”). Doublet of Norcott and Northcott.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishnorþ all →

northNortonNorwichNorwellNorburyNortholtNorthcottNorlandNorringtonNortheyNorthmoorNorthingtonNarramoreNorgroveNorthall

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