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- Old English · inherited fromNorþhymbre
- Middle English · inherited fromNorthhumbre
- English todayNorthumbria
A Latinised form of Middle English Northhumbre, from Old English Norþhymbre, a variant of Norþanhymbre (“Northumbria; Northumbrians”). Equivalent to North + (of the River) Humber.
Words from the same roots
Middle EnglishNorthhumbre all →
Northumber
Old EnglishNorþhymbre all →
Northumber
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.