Etymology

Cerne Abbas

Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Cerne Valley Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6601). Full definition →

Latin abbas
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromabbas“abbot”
  2. English todayCerne Abbas

Cerne refers to the River Cerne; Abbas is from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

Words from the same roots

Latinabbas all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.