English
Tynemouth
Tynemouth comes from Middle English Tynemouth, and goes back to Old English Tīnanmūþ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Tīnanmūþas Tīnanmūþeliterally ‘at the Tyne's mouth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Tynemouth
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Tīnanmūþas Tīnanmūþeliterally ‘at the Tyne's mouth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Tynemouth
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Inherited from Middle English Tynemouth, Tynemouthe, from Old English Tīnanmūþe (literally “at the Tyne's mouth”); equivalent to the River Tyne + mouth.
Every English word from Old English Tīnanmūþ
Today it means
name A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, historically in Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3769).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Tīnanmūþ / Tynemouth