English
Heathrow
Named after the hamlet of Heath Row, which was obliterated for construction of the airport.
A compound of heth ‘heath’ + rew ‘row’
Proto-Indo-European *kay-t-os ‘forest, wasteland, pasture’
Proto-Germanic *haiþī ‘heath, wasteland’
Proto-West Germanic *haiþi ‘uncultivated land, wasteland, moor’
Old English hǣþ ‘wasteland, wilderness, heath’
English heth
The story
Named after the hamlet of Heath Row, which was obliterated for construction of the airport.
Today it means
name An international airport in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Heathrow