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· Proto-Brythonic
*aβon
2 English words descend from Proto-Brythonic
*aβon
, most common first.
Avon
A river in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bristol, England; running from Acton Turville into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth.
almond
The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.