The story
- Old English · derived fromþorn“thorn”
- English todayThornbury
From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishþorn all →
ThorntonthornThorndikeThornleyThorleyThorneyThoringtonThurnhamTarbock
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.