English Explanatory Dictionary

Nettleship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Nettleship Nettleships

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from Old English netle (“nettle”) + -s- + hop (“small valley, enclosure”). The change of ending from -shop to -ship is common in Northern English.

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