Etymology

Oxhey

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Today it means: A suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1195). Full definition →

Middle English Oxehey ← Old English Oxanġehæġ
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromoxa“ox”
  2. Old English · inherited fromOxanġehæġ
  3. Middle English · inherited fromOxehey
  4. English todayOxhey

From Middle English Oxehey, from Old English Oxanġehæġ, from Old English oxa (“ox”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land, meadow, a hay”), equivalent to ox + hay.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishoxa all →

OxleyoxExtonOxwick

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.