Etymograph

English

Shawbridge

Shaw + bridge.

A compound of Shaw + bridge

Proto-West Germanic *skagō

Old English sċeaga ‘copse, thicket’

English Shaw

Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ ‘bridge’

Proto-West Germanic *bruggju ‘bridge’

Old English brycġ ‘bridge’

Middle English brigge ‘a bridge’

English bridge

The story

Named after Canadian farmer William Shaw, a local settler whose farm was linked to the local community via his bridge over the Rivière du Nord river, latterly known as the Shaw Bridge; his farm becoming the start of the Shawbridge community.

Today it means

name A district, a former municipality of Prévost, Rivière-du-Nord county, Quebec, Canada; across the river from Old Prévost in Prévost

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

Etymograph / Shawbridge