Etymograph

English

London

London comes from Middle English Londoun, and goes back to Old English Lunden.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Lunden
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Londene
  3. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500Londoun
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1993London

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Lunden
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Londene
  3. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500Londoun
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1993London

Earliest quotation: 1993, Derek A. Scott, A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA: “The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government…”

Every English word from Old English Lunden

Today it means

name The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.

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

Etymograph / Old English Lunden / London

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