Etymology

Morecambe

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Today it means: A resort town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4364). Full definition →

Ancient Greek Μορικάμπε ← Proto-Celtic *mori
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*mori“sea”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜορικάμπε
  3. English todayMorecambe

Antiquarian revival of Ancient Greek Μορικάμπε (Morikámpe), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *kambos (“crooked”)

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*mori all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.