Etymograph

English

Kinwick

Kinwick comes from English mund ‘trust, security, protection’.

  1. English1500–presentmund‘trust, security, protection’
  2. EnglishtodayKinwick

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentmund‘trust, security, protection’
  2. EnglishtodayKinwick

The story

Recorded as Chenemondewiche in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the Old English personal name Cynemund, which is composed of the elements cyne- (‘royal’) and mund (‘trust, security, protection’), + wīċ (‘village’).

Today it means

name A deserted medieval village believed to be near Sandy, Bedfordshire, England.

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

Etymograph / English mund / Kinwick