Etymograph

English

Oldbury

From old + -bury.

Formed from old + -bury

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

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Proto-Germanic *aldaz ‘grown-up’

Proto-West Germanic *ald

Old English ald ‘old’

Middle English old ‘elderly’

English old

Today it means

name A place in England: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9889).

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

Etymograph / Oldbury