Etymology

Westcott

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7117). Full definition →

Old English west
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwest“west”
  2. English todayWestcott

From Old English west (“west”) + cot (“cottage; shelter”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwest all →

westWesleyWestonWestfieldWestburyWestbourneWestheadWestgarthWestmoorWest HamWestrop

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.