Great Missenden
village · Buckinghamshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Great Missenden is composed of the Old English 'mycel' meaning 'great' and the name 'Missa's settlement'. The settlement belonged to a person named Missa.
Word origins
- Great
- Old Englishgreat(from mycel "great")
- Missenden
- Old EnglishAttestedMissa's settlement(from Missa "personal name", ing "belonging to", denu "valley")
Historical forms
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