Etymology

West Ham

Today it means: A town in eastern London in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England. Full definition →

Old English west
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwest“west”
  2. English todayWest Ham

From Old English west (“west”) + hamm (“water-meadow”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwest all →

westWesleyWestonWestfieldWestcottWestburyWestbourneWestheadWestgarthWestmoorWestrop

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.