Etymology

Brigg

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0007). Full definition →

Middle English brigge ← Old English brycġ
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  1. Old English · derived frombrycġ“bridge”
  2. Middle English · derived frombrigge
  3. English todayBrigg

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”). Doublet of bridge and Bruges.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbrigge all →

bridgeBriggs

Old Englishbrycġ all →

bridgeBainbridge

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