Dover

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰubrós“dark”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*dubros“water”
3. Latin · derived fromDubris
4. Old English · inherited fromDofras
5. English todayDover

From Old English Dofras, from Latin Dubris, from Brythonic Dubras (“the waters”), from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), from *dʰewb- (“deep”). Compare Tauber. The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the town in England.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• From 1973 A small fishing and lumber town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; formerly, Shoal Bay and Wellington.