Etymology

Oxborough

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Today it means: A village in Norfolk, England. Full definition →

Old English oxna
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromoxna
  2. English todayOxborough

From Old English oxna, genitive plural of oxa (“ox”) + burh (“fort”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishoxna all →

OxenhamOxendaleOxenholme

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.