Etymology

Swanwick

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4053). Full definition →

Old English swān
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromswān“herdsman”
  2. English todaySwanwick

Ultimately from Old English swān (“herdsman”) + wīċ (“village”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishswān all →

swanSwanageSwanmoreSwanbourneSwancottSwanfordSwynnerton

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.