Etymology

Rycroft

R1Y4C3R1O1F4T1

Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English ryġe
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromryġe“rye”
  2. English todayRycroft

Topographic surname, from Old English ryġe (“rye”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishryġe all →

rye

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