Etymology

bristol

bris·tol
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Today it means: Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”). Full definition →

Middle English Bristowe ← Old English Bryċġstōw
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bristol · noun1

Shortened from Bristol City, the name of an English football team, for titty.

Bristol · proper noun, noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromBryċġstōw
  2. Middle English · inherited fromBristowe
  3. English todayBristol

Inherited from Middle English Bristowe, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more. The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

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