English
Gorebridge
From Gore + bridge, after Gore Water, a minor tributary.
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘hot’
Proto-Germanic *gurą ‘half-digested stomach contents’
Proto-West Germanic *gor
Old English gor ‘manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt’
Middle English gore ‘mud, muck’
English Gore
Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ ‘bridge’
Proto-West Germanic *bruggju ‘bridge’
Old English brycġ ‘bridge’
Middle English brigge ‘a bridge’
English bridge
Today it means
name A large village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3461).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Gorebridge