English Explanatory Dictionary

Keyworth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6131).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Keyworth Keyworths

Etymology

From an unclear first element, perhaps Old English cā (“jackdaw”), cȳ (“cows”), or cǣg (“key; peg, pole”), + worþ (“enclosure”).

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