Hook
hamlet · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This place name likely derives from the Old English word 'hō', meaning a small hill or a spur of land, combined with 'hoc', meaning a hook or bend. It could refer to a settlement on a hook-shaped piece of land near a small hill.
Word origins
- Hook
- Old EnglishAttestedSmall hill, spur of land, or hook/bend(from hō "small hill, spur of land", hoc "hook, bend")