Etymology

Melbury Abbas

Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8820). Full definition →

Latin abbatissa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromabbatissa“abbess”
  2. English todayMelbury Abbas

Recorded as Meleberie in 1086 (DB), and Melbury Abbatisse in 1291, from Latin abbatissa (“abbess”) and its early possession by Shaftesbury Abbey.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.