English
Newcastle
From new + castle.
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
Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- ‘to cut’
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Late Latin castellum ‘small camp, fort’
Proto-West Germanic *kastell ‘castle’
Old English castel ‘town, village; castle’
Middle English castel ‘castle’
English castle
Today it means
name One of several large cities: A large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Newcastle