English

Southminster

Southminster comes from Middle English Southmestre.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of south + minster

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-

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Proto-Germanic *sunþrą

Proto-West Germanic *sunþr ‘southern’

Old English sūþ

Middle English south ‘south’

English south

Proto-Hellenic *mónwos

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Ancient Greek μοναστήριον ‘monastery’

Latin monastērium ‘monastery’

Old English mynster ‘monastery, nunnery, mother church, cathedral’

Middle English mynster ‘monastery’

Every English word from Middle English Southmestre

name A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9699).

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