The story
- Old English · derived fromwinter“winter”
- English todayWinterbottom
From Old English winter (“winter”) + botm (“bottom, ground”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley only in winter, while spending the summer on the upland pastures.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwinter all →
winterWentworthwintertideWinterton-on-Sea
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.