English
Guysborough
From Guy + -s- + borough, after Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester.
Formed from Guy + -s- + borough
Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰ-u-s
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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘wood’
Proto-West Germanic *Widō
Old French Gui
English Guy
English Guy
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’
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Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘stronghold, city’
Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘city’
Old English burh
Middle English borwe
English borough
Today it means
name A community and district municipality, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Guysborough