The story
- Old English · derived fromþorn“thornbush”
- English todayThorndike
Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”). The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishþorn all →
ThorntonthornThornburyThornleyThorleyThorneyThoringtonThurnhamTarbock
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.