Etymology

Rockley

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English hrōc
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  1. Old English · derived fromhrōc“rook”
  2. English todayRockley

From Old English hrōc (“rook”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhrōc all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.