English
Salopian
Salopian comes from Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, and goes back to Old English Sċrobbesburh ‘Shropshire’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sċrobbesburhas Scrobbesbyrig‘Shropshire’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400Salopesberia
- Englishearliest quotation 1723Salopian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sċrobbesburhas Scrobbesbyrig‘Shropshire’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400Salopesberia
- Englishearliest quotation 1723Salopian
Earliest quotation: 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury: “I […] find her Recorded a SALOPIAN, and that…”
Formed from -ian
Every English word from Old English Sċrobbesburh
Today it means
noun A person from Shropshire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Sċrobbesburh / Salopian