Etymograph

English

Holyrood

Holyrood comes from Middle English Holy Rood.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Holy Rood
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020Holyrood

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Holy Rood
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020Holyrood

Earliest quotation: 2020, Network News: Scotland set to snub Johnson's Union Connectiv: “But Matheson has indicated that the Scottish Government will…”

A compound of holy + rood ‘crucifix, cross’

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘intact’

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Proto-Germanic *hailagaz ‘holy’

Proto-West Germanic *hailag ‘holy’

Old English hāleġ ‘holy’

Middle English ali

English holy

Proto-Indo-European *rōt-

Proto-Germanic *rōdō ‘rod, pole’

Old English rōd ‘cross’

Middle English rode ‘cross’

English rood

The story

The town in Newfoundland is named after a location near Crewkerne, Somerset.

Every English word from Middle English Holy Rood

Today it means

name An area of Edinburgh, Scotland, the home of the Scottish Parliament.

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

Etymograph / Middle English Holy Rood / Holyrood

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