The story
- Old English · inherited fromhrōc“rook”
- English todayRoxbury
From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhrōc all →
rookRochfordRoehamptonRockley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.