-leigh
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old English lēah (“meadow, pasture, field, clearing”) (modern English lea, leigh), used in various compound names, especially place-names.
Suffix
edit-leigh
- (no longer productive) A suffix meaning “meadow” present in various given names and toponyms of Old English origin
Derived terms
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English suffixes