Etymology

hammer pond

Today it means: The millpond of an iron forge, especially in the Weald. Full definition →

Middle English hamer ← Old English hamor
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompond
  2. Old English · inherited fromhamor
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhamer
  4. English todayhammer pond

From Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, and Middle English pond.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhamer all →

hammer

Old Englishhamor all →

hammerHamerHammertonHamerton

Middle Englishpond all →

pond

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.