Etymology

Thurlow

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English hlǣw
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhlǣw“mountain, hill, mound”
  2. English todayThurlow

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Thurlow, in Suffolk, from an unexplained first element + Old English hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhlǣw all →

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