Etymology

Roehampton

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Today it means: A suburban area of London in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2274). Full definition →

Old English hrōc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhrōc“rook”
  2. English todayRoehampton

From Old English hrōc (“rook”) + Hampton.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhrōc all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.