English
Pembroke
Pembroke comes from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ.
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Penn-broɣliterally ‘land's head, land's end’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Pembroke
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Penn-broɣliterally ‘land's head, land's end’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Pembroke
Earliest quotation: 1959, H. A. Vallance, The Pembroke & Tenby Railway: “A striking view is obtained from the train of…”
Every English word from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ
Today it means
name A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ / Pembroke