The story
- Old English · derived fromċeaster“city, town”
- English todayChesterman
Perhaps from Old English ċeaster (“city, town”) + mann (“man”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a Roman fort or a habitational surname for someone from any of various places called Chester.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishċeaster all →
manchesterChesterWinchesterGloucesterDorchesterCaister-cesterCestrian
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.