Etymology

Wingate

W4I1N1G2A1T1E1

Today it means: A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037). Full definition →

Old English wind
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwind“wind”
  2. English todayWingate

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwind all →

wind

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