thorp

Meaning

Noun

• A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.

Origin

• From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą, from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb-. dorf, and dorp, and possibly also of troop, and troupe.