Widcombe
hamlet · Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Widcombe likely means 'wide valley'. It is composed of the Old English words 'wīd' meaning wide and 'cumb' meaning valley.
Word origins
- Wid
- Old EnglishAttestedwide(from wīd "wide")
- combe
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from cumb "valley")
Historical forms
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