Etymology

Gloucester

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Today it means: A traditional semi-hard cheese from Gloucestershire. Full definition →

Middle English Glowchestre ← Old English Glēawċeaster ← Latin Glēvum
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromċeaster
  2. Latin · derived fromGlēvum
  3. Old English · inherited fromGlēawċeaster
  4. Middle English · inherited fromGlowchestre
  5. English todayGloucester

Inherited from Middle English Glowchestre, from Old English Glēawċeaster, Glēaweċeaster, Glēawanċeaster, from Latin Glēvum + Old English ċeaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċeaster all →

manchesterChesterWinchesterDorchesterChestermanCaister-cesterCestrian

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.