Etymology

Swarthmoor

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Today it means: A small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England. Full definition →

Old English sweart
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  1. Old English · derived fromsweart“black”
  2. English todaySwarthmoor

From Old English sweart (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsweart all →

swartSwartleySwartwood

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.