Etymology

Egglescliffe

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Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Egglescliffe and Eaglescliffe Parish Council) in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4113). Full definition →

Old English Ecgwulf ← Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs
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  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*egluɨs“church”
  2. Old English · derived fromEcgwulf
  3. English todayEgglescliffe

From Old English Ecgwulf, a given name (cf. German Egulf), + clif (“cliff”). Or else, the initial element may be Cumbric/Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs (“church”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Brythonic*egluɨs all →

Ecclesall

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.