English Explanatory Dictionary

Privett

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Froxfield and Privett parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6726).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Privett Privetts Privott

Etymology

Apparently from the unattested Old English word *pryfet (“privet”). The location is recorded the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Pryfetes flōdan.

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