The story
- Old English · derived fromhwǣte“wheat”
- English todayWheatley
From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Whatley.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhwǣte all →
wheatWhatleyWheatcroft
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.