English

Oakthorpe

Oakthorpe may come from Old English þorp ‘village’.

Old Englishc. 450–1150þorp‘village’uncertain
EnglishtodayOakthorpe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Old Englishc. 450–1150þorp‘village’uncertain
EnglishtodayOakthorpe

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *þorp ‘village, rural settlement’

dorf, thorp, 1 more

Today it means

name A village in Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK321981).

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

Etymograph / Old English þorp / Oakthorpe

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