Ruscombe Lake
lake or loch · Wokingham
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name likely combines the Old English 'rūm' meaning 'spacious' or 'wide' with 'cumb' meaning a valley. It refers to a spacious valley.
Word origins
- Ruscombe
- Old EnglishAttestedspacious valley(from rūm "spacious, wide", cumb "valley")
- Lake
- Old Englishlake(from lacu "lake, pool")