Etymology

Colchester

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Today it means: A city, local government district, and borough in Essex, England, the oldest town in England. Full definition →

Old English Colneċeaster
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromceaster“a Roman town”
  2. Old English · inherited fromColneċeaster
  3. English todayColchester

From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishceaster all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.