Etymology

Tregenna

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Today it means: A hamlet in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9440). Full definition →

Cornish tre
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The story

  1. Cornish · derived fromtre“homestead”
  2. English todayTregenna

From Cornish tre (“homestead”) + kensa (“first, foremost”).

Words from the same roots

Cornishtre all →

TremaineTrevithickTresidderTreffryTreglownTregoningTrewarthaTreweek

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.