The story
- Old English · derived fromwudu“wood”
- English todayWoodhatch
Topographic surname for a keeper of a gate to a wood, from Old English wudu (“wood”) + hæċ (“hatch, door”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwudu all →
WoodstockWoodburyWoodfordLynnwoodLinwoodWoottonWoodleyLynwoodWoodallWottonWoodhallCalderwoodWoodthorpeWoodhurstChetwode
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.