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Webster 1913 Edition

Hastings

Has′tings

(-tĭngz)
,
Noun.
pl.
[From
Haste
,
Verb.
]
Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.
Mortimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hastings

HASTINGS

,
Noun.
[from hasty.] Peas that come early.

Definition 2024

Hastings

Hastings

See also: hastings

English

Proper noun

Hastings

  1. A place name
  2. A habitational surname​.
  3. A patronymic surname​.

References

  • Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, The Oxford Names Companion, Oxford University Press 2002. ISBN 0-19-860561-7
  • P. H. Reaney, A Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd edition revised by R. M. Wilson, Oxford University Press 1997. ISBN 0-19-860092-5

Anagrams

hastings

hastings

See also: Hastings

English

Noun

hastings pl ‎(plural only)

  1. Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)

Etymology

The place name in England is derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas, meaning "Hæsta's people", "the family/followers of Hæsta", which was later transferred to their settlement.

The family name has two possible sources:

  • from the place name
  • a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasten(c), Hastang

The later place names in other countries are named either after people with that family name, or after the town of Hastings in England.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈheɪ.stɪŋz/

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