Etymograph

English

Exmouth

Exmouth comes from Old English Exanmūþa.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Exanmūþa
  2. EnglishtodayExmouth

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Exanmūþa
  2. EnglishtodayExmouth

Formed from Exe + mouth

Proto-Indo-European *peysk-

Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos ‘fish’

Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk

Old English Ex

English Exe

Proto-Germanic *munþaz ‘mouth’

Proto-West Germanic *munþ ‘mouth’

Old English mūþ ‘mouth; opening’

Middle English mouth

English mouth

The story

In England, from Old English Exanmūþa recorded c. 1025, equivalent to Exe + mouth.

Today it means

name A town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England, at the mouth of the River Exe (OS grid ref SY0081).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English Exanmūþa / Exmouth