Etymograph

English

Kingsbury Episcopi

Kingsbury Episcopi comes from Old English cyning ‘king’, and goes back to Latin episcopi.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepiscopi
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150cyning‘king’
  3. EnglishtodayKingsbury Episcopi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepiscopi
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150cyning‘king’
  3. EnglishtodayKingsbury Episcopi

The story

Recorded as Chingesberie in 1086 (Domesday Book), from Old English cyning + burh; the affix from Latin episcopi relating to its early possession by the Bishop of Bath.

Every English word from Latin episcopi

Today it means

name A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4321).

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

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