Etymograph

English

Medway

Medway comes from Old English Medewæġe, and goes back to Late Latin Madus.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEMadus
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150Medewæġe
  3. EnglishtodayMedway

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEMadus
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150Medewæġe
  3. EnglishtodayMedway

Today it means

name A major river which flows through East Sussex and Kent, southern England, and into the Thames Estuary.

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

Etymograph / Late Latin Madus / Medway