Etymology

Cestrian

C3E1S1T1R1I1A1N1

Today it means: A native or inhabitant of any of the places called Chester (or Chester-le-Street, etc), especially Chester, England. Full definition →

Old English ċeaster
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromċeaster
  2. English todayCestrian

From Old English ċeaster + -ian.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċeaster all →

manchesterChesterWinchesterGloucesterDorchesterChestermanCaister-cester

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.