Hastings
/ˈhæs.tɪŋz/noun
A town and seaside resort in East Sussex, England, and a surname derived from a place name.
Did you know?The place-name Hastings comes from an Old English tribal/personal name plus the place suffix -ingas, meaning it originally marked the territory of a people rather than a single town.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
Hæstingas
“the people or followers of a man called Hæsta or Hæsting”
Early Medieval
OE
Hæstingastād
“settlement/place of the Hæstingas”
Medieval English
EN
Hastings
“the town name in Sussex”
Modern English
EN
Hastings
“a place name and surname”
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