Dethick
English
Etymology
From Old English dēaþ (“death”) + āc (“oak”), denoting an oak on which criminals were hanged.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛθɪk/
Proper noun
Dethick (countable and uncountable, plural Dethicks)
- A hamlet in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3258).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dethick is the 31781st most common surname in England, belonging to 112 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dethick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 450.
- Forebears
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