Etymology

Tavistock

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4874). Full definition →

Old English stoc
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  1. Old English · derived fromstoc
  2. English todayTavistock

From its location on the River Tavy + Old English stoc; recorded as Tauistoce in 981 and Tavestoc in 1086 (DB).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstoc all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.