Etymology

Rotherhithe

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Today it means: An urban area by the Thames in the borough of Southwark, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3579). Full definition →

Old English hrȳþer
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhrȳþer“cattle”
  2. English todayRotherhithe

From Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”) + hȳþ (“hithe, a landing place or small harbor”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhrȳþer all →

RotherwickRotherbridge

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.