Etymograph

English

Groton

Groton may come from Old English groten + ēa ‘sandy or gravelly stream’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150groten + ēa‘sandy or gravelly stream’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayGroton

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150groten + ēa‘sandy or gravelly stream’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayGroton

The story

In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (‘sandy or gravelly stream’). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.

Every English word from Old English groten + ēa

Today it means

name A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English groten + ēa / Groton

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