Etymology

Shipham

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England. Full definition →

Middle English Shepeham ← Anglo-Norman Sipeham ← Old English *Sċēaphām
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  1. Old English · inherited from*Sċēaphām
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromSipeham
  3. Middle English · inherited fromShepeham
  4. English todayShipham

Inherited from Middle English Shepeham, Shepehm, via Anglo-Norman Sipeham, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Sċēaphām, from sċēap (“sheep”) + hām (“homestead”), literally the 'The sheep home'.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.