Etymology

Windsor

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Today it means: A market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, famous for Windsor Castle. See Windsor, Berkshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Full definition →

Middle English Wyndelsore ← Old English Windlesōra
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  1. Old English · inherited fromWindlesōra“Windsor”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromWyndelsore
  3. English todayWindsor

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

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