Etymology

Somerley

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Today it means: A large English country house in Hampshire, England. Full definition →

Old English sumor
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromsumor“summer”
  2. English todaySomerley

From Old English sumor (“summer”) + lēah (“clearing used for pasture”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsumor all →

summerSomerfordSwynnerton

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.