The story
- Old English · inherited fromcumb
- Old English · inherited fromwīn
- Old English · inherited from*Wīnescumb
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromWinescome
- Middle English · inherited fromWynescumbe
- English todayWinscombe
Inherited from Middle English Wynescumbe, Wynscombe, via Anglo-Norman Winescome, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Wīnescumb, from Old English wīn (“wine”) + Old English cumb (“valley”), literally 'The wine valley/combe'.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwīn all →
wine
Old Englishcumb all →
combecoombeComarCongrevecoomb
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.