English Explanatory Dictionary

Witherington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Downton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1824).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Witherington Witheringtons Weatherington Wetherington

Etymology

Apparently from Old English wiþegn (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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