English Explanatory Dictionary

Mottram

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Mottram Mottrams

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Mottram in Longdendale and Mottram St Andrew, from the unattested Old English element *mōt (“meeting”) + either ærn (“house, hall”), rūm (“room, space”) or trēowum, dative plural form of trēow (“tree”).

Related words

Mottram in Longdendale Mottram St Andrew

Derived words

mottramite
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