English

Ironbridge

From iron + bridge, after the The Iron Bridge.

Formed from iron + bridge

Proto-Celtic *īsarnom

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Proto-West Germanic *īsarn

Old English īsern ‘the metal iron’

Old English īren

Middle English iren ‘iron’

English iron

Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ ‘bridge’

Proto-West Germanic *bruggju ‘bridge’

Old English brycġ ‘bridge’

Middle English brigge ‘a bridge’

Today it means

name A village in The Gorge parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6703).

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

Etymograph / Ironbridge