Etymology

Kingsbury Episcopi

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4321). Full definition →

Old English cyning ← Latin episcopi
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  1. Latin · derived fromepiscopi
  2. Old English · derived fromcyning
  3. English todayKingsbury Episcopi

Recorded as Chingesberie in 1086 (Domesday Book), from Old English cyning + burh; the affix from Latin episcopi relating to its early possession by the Bishop of Bath.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcyning all →

cunninghamKingswoodKingtonKingdonKingsnorthConybeareConingtoncyning

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.