Etymograph

English

Pankhurst

Pankhurst may come from Old English pinca ‘finch’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150pinca‘finch’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPankhurst

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150pinca‘finch’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPankhurst

The story

Habitational, perhaps from Pinkhurst in Slinfold or Pinkhurst Farm in Abinger, from Old English pinca (‘finch’) or a personal name derived from it + hyrst (‘hillock copse’).

Every English word from Old English pinca

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Old English pinca / Pankhurst

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