English

Roybridge

From the River Roy + bridge.

Formed from Roy + bridge

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

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Proto-Italic *rēks ‘king’

Latin rēx ‘king, ruler’

Old French roi ‘king’

Middle English roy

English Roy

Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ ‘bridge’

Proto-West Germanic *bruggju ‘bridge’

Old English brycġ ‘bridge’

Middle English brigge ‘a bridge’

Today it means

name A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN2781).

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

Etymograph / Roybridge