Etymology

romney

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Today it means: One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns. Full definition →

Latin rumen ← Old English ēa
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromēa“river”
  2. Latin · derived fromrumen“gullet”
  3. English todayRomney

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

Words from the same roots

Latinrumen all →

rumen

Old Englishēa all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.