The story
- Old English · derived frombrycġ“bridge”
- English todayBainbridge
From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbrycġ all →
bridgeBrigg
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A locality and ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. Full definition →
From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).
Old Englishbrycġ all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.