Etymology

Bainbridge

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Today it means: A locality and ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. Full definition →

Old English brycġ
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombrycġ“bridge”
  2. English todayBainbridge

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbrycġ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.