Etymology

Wimborne Minster

Today it means: A market town in Dorset, England, often known as just Wimborne. Full definition →

Old English winn
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwinn“pasture”
  2. English todayWimborne Minster

Old English winn (“pasture”) + burna (“stream”). The affix Minster distinguishes it from Wimborne St Giles.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwinn all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.