Etymology

Northolt

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Today it means: A suburban area in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1384). RAF Northolt is in the neighbouring Borough of Hillingdon. Full definition →

Old English norþ
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The story

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

From Old English norþ (“north”) + halh (“hollow, nook”). The name is unrelated to holt.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishnorþ all →

northNortonNorwichNorthcoteNorwellNorburyNorthcottNorlandNorringtonNortheyNorthmoorNorthingtonNarramoreNorgroveNorthall

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.