English Explanatory Dictionary

Askwith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in the Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE169482).
  2. A ghost town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Askwith Askwiths Asquith

Etymology

From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + viðr (“tree, wood”).

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