# toft

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #85,861

## Definitions
1. A hillock.
2. A homestead, especially one on a hill.
3. A messuage with right of common.

## Etymology
From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/toft