English
Sarum
Sarum comes from Middle English Sarisberie.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Sarisberie
- Englishearliest quotation 1868Sarum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Sarisberie
- Englishearliest quotation 1868Sarum
Earliest quotation: 1868, Albert Harford Pearson, The Sarum Missal: “According to Hereford, the Priest went to the Epistle…”
The story
From medieval abbreviations of Middle English Sarisberie, Sarisburie (the spelling attested in the Domesday Book) as Sar̅ or Saꝝ. Because such marks were usually used to abbreviate the Latin ending -rum, by the 13th century some writers mistakenly assumed the full name was Sarum (by the 14th century, Robert Wyvil described himself as episcopus Sarum). For more, see Salisbury.
Every English word from Middle English Sarisberie
Today it means
name Salisbury, England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Sarisberie / Sarum