English

Gloucester

Gloucester comes from Middle English Glowchestre, and goes back to Old English Glēawċeaster.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of Glēvum + ċeaster ‘fortress, fort’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- ‘to shine’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- ‘to shine’

Proto-Celtic *gleiwom ‘shining, clear, sparkling’

Latin Glēvum

Latin *ḱes- ‘to cut, cut off, separate’

Proto-Italic *kastrom ‘part, share of something’

Latin castrum ‘fort, castle’

Latin castra ‘camp’

Old English ċeaster ‘fortress, fort’

Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.

Every English word from Old English Glēawċeaster

name A cathedral city and local government district of Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.

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