English
Truro
Truro may come from Cornish try ‘three, very’.
- Cornishmoderntry‘three, very’uncertain
- EnglishtodayTruro
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Cornishmoderntry‘three, very’uncertain
- EnglishtodayTruro
The story
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the city in England.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tréyes ‘three’
three, distribution, contribute, tribute, tribe, tribal, tribunal, trinity, trio, tribune, tri, trey, tern, tres, troika, triplex, 11 more
Today it means
name A city and civil parish with a city council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8244).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cornish try / Truro