Etymology

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Today it means: A market town and borough of Staffordshire, England. Full definition →

Proto-Celtic *limos
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*limos“elm”
  2. English todayNewcastle-under-Lyme

From Newcastle + Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*limos all →

BurslemForest of Lyme

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.