English Explanatory Dictionary

Copplestone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7602).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Copplestone Copplestones

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English copel (“unsteady, rocking”) + stān (“stone”). Alternatively, the first element might be related to Old English copp (“top, summit”), through the adjective coppel (“peaked, rounded”).

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