Etymograph

English

Newby

From new + -by.

Formed from new + -by

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

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Proto-Germanic *niwjaz ‘new’

Proto-West Germanic *niwi ‘new’

Old English nēowe ‘new’

Middle English neowe

English new

Today it means

name A placename; any of several places: A small village in Clapham cum Newby parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD7270).

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

Etymograph / Newby