Etymology

Wroxeter

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Today it means: A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England, originally a Roman settlement (OS grid ref SJ5608). Full definition →

Middle English Wroccecestre ← Old English *Wreocenċeaster ← Latin Viroconium
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Wirokū
  2. Early Brythonic *Wirokü · derived from*Wirokü
  3. Latin · derived fromViroconium
  4. Old English · inherited from*Wreocenċeaster
  5. Middle English · inherited fromWroccecestre
  6. English todayWroxeter

From Middle English Wroccecestre, Wrochecestre, Roceceaster, from Old English *Wreocenċeaster, from *Wreocen (attested as Wreocensǣte) + ċeaster (“fortress; city”), borrowed from Latin Viroconium, itself borrowed from Early Brythonic *Wirokü, from Proto-Celtic *Wirokū.

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