English
Faversham
Faversham comes from Old English hām ‘homestead’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘homestead’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Fefreshām
- EnglishtodayFaversham
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘homestead’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Fefreshām
- EnglishtodayFaversham
The story
From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (‘homestead’) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (‘smith, craftsman’).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
post, site, position, situation, purpose, positive, suppose, homeless, opponent, compound, propose, expose, impose, consolation, dispose, bohemian, compose, repository, hamlet, proponent, exponent, homely, posit, expound, situate, pone, situs, 69 more
through Proto-Italic *faβros ‘craftsman’
through Latin faber ‘smith, craftsman’
through Old English hām ‘homestead’
Today it means
name A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English hām / Faversham