English Explanatory Dictionary

Skeffington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish of Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK739025).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Skeffington Skeffingtons Skeavington

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Sċeaft, a byname from sċeaft (“shaft”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Skeffington's daughter
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