Combe Down
suburban area · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Combe Down means 'valley down', combining the Old English 'cumb' (valley) with 'dun' (down, hill). It describes a valley situated on or near a hill.
Word origins
- combe
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley, hollow(from cumb "valley, hollow")
- down
- Old Englishhill, downland(from dun "hill, downland")