Etymology

Shuttleworth

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Today it means: A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD805175). Full definition →

Old English sċyttel
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromsċyttel“bar, bolt”
  2. English todayShuttleworth

From Old English sċyttel (“bar, bolt”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsċyttel all →

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