Etymology

Coventry

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Today it means: A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire. Full definition →

Middle English Coventre ← Old English Cofentrēo
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  1. Old English · inherited fromCofentrēo
  2. Middle English · inherited fromCoventre
  3. English todayCoventry

Inherited from Middle English Coventre, from Old English Cofentrēo, Cofantrēo, of obscure origin. Believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon named Cofa, hence Cofantrēo (literally “Cofa's tree”). Traditionally, yet baselessly outside its history, tempted to be linked to English covenant.

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