The story
- Old English · derived fromwudu“wood”
- English todayWoodbury
From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwudu all →
WoodstockWoodfordLynnwoodLinwoodWoottonWoodleyLynwoodWoodallWottonWoodhallCalderwoodWoodthorpeWoodhurstChetwodeWoodhatch
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.