Etymology

Southey

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

Old English sūþ ← Middle English haye
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromheġe
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhaye“enclosure”
  3. Old English · inherited fromsūþ“south”
  4. English todaySouthey

English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsūþ all →

southSudburySutcliffeSouthallSouthwickSouthworthSouthamSeddingtonSouthcoteSouthropSudboroughSudbourneSudbrookeSudellSudlow

Middle Englishhaye all →

hay

Old Englishheġe all →

hay

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.