English
Evesham
Evesham comes from Middle English Evesham, and goes back to Old English Eofesham.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Eofeshamliterally ‘Eof's enclosure’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Evesham
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Eofeshamliterally ‘Eof's enclosure’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Evesham
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of Eof + hamm ‘enclosure’
Proto-Germanic *hammaz
Old English hamm ‘enclosure’
The story
Inherited from Middle English Evesham, from Old English Eofesham (literally “Eof's enclosure”), from Eof (given name) + hamm (‘enclosure’).
Every English word from Old English Eofesham
Today it means
name A town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0343).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Eofesham / Evesham