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English

Utrecht

Utrecht comes from Dutch Utrecht, and goes back to Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum ‘Crossing-on-the-Rhine’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETrāiectum ad Rhēnum‘Crossing-on-the-Rhine’
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentUtrecht
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETrāiectum ad Rhēnum‘Crossing-on-the-Rhine’
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentUtrecht
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

Earliest quotation: 2012, Hans den Besten, John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam / Philadelphia: “E.g. muug 'tired' in the Utrecht dialect (Ponelis 1990:…”

Every English word from Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum

Today it means

name A city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.

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Etymograph / Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum / Utrecht

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