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warter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
warter
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).

name

A surname.

Etymology

The village is from Old English weargtrēow (“gallows”, literally “tree of the felon”). Or, from wearrtrēow (“callused tree”), from wearr + trēow. The surname derives from the place. The surname is sometimes confused with Water.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does warter mean?
A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).
Where does warter come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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