English

York

/jɔɹk/
A town and local government area (the Shire of York), in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.

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    Origin

    From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Displaced Middle English Everwik, from the Old English.

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    • inheritedMiddle EnglishȜork
      • borrowedOld NorseJórvík
        • derivedOld EnglishEoforwīċ
          • derivedLatinEborācum
            • borrowedProto-Brythonic*Eβrọg
              • partProto-Brythonic*eβur
                • inheritedProto-Celtic*eburos “yew”
              • partProto-Brythonic*-ọg
                • inheritedProto-Celtic*-ākos
                  • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-eh₂kos
                    • partProto-Indo-European*-eh₂-
                    • partProto-Indo-European*-éh₂
                    • partProto-Indo-European*-kos “forming desubstantival adjectives”
                  • derivedProto-Indo-European*-eh₂kos, *-eh₂ḱos

    Related: Welsh Efrog, Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg, Middle English Everwik

    Words built on it: New York

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