Etymology

Rochester

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Today it means: A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia Full definition →

Middle English Rovescester ← Old English Hrofesċeaster ← Latin Dorubrevisbor.?
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  1. Proto-Celtic*dwār
  2. Proto-Brythonic*dor
  3. Proto-Celtic*briwā?
  4. Proto-Brythonic*brew
  5. Proto-Brythonic*Doruβrew
  6. LatinDorubrevisbor.?
  7. Old EnglishHrofesinflu.
  8. Old Englishċeasterinflu.
  9. Old EnglishHrofesċeaster
  10. Middle EnglishRovescester
  11. English todayRochester

From Middle English Rovescester, from Old English Hrofesċeaster (literally “Hrofi's fortified camp”). Doublet of Rossiter.

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishRovescester all →

Rossiter

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