Farcet
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Farcet likely means 'the farmstead or village by the fen'. It combines 'fara' (far, possibly referring to distance from a main settlement) with 'ēgset' (island or settlement by water).
Word origins
- Far
- Old Englishdistant, remote(from fara "distant, remote")
- cet
- Old Englishfen, island, settlement by water(from ēgset "fen, island, settlement by water")
Historical forms
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