Etymology

Westminster

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Today it means: The abbey of Westminster. Full definition →

Middle English Westmynster ← Old English Westmynster
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  1. Old English · inherited fromWestmynster
  2. Middle English · inherited fromWestmynster
  3. English todayWestminster

From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmynster, from Old English Westmynster; equivalent to west + minster.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.