Etymograph

English

Warwickshire

Warwickshire comes from Middle English Warewikeschire.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Warewikeschire
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010Warwickshire

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Warewikeschire
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010Warwickshire

Earliest quotation: 2010, Mike Averis, Warwickshire's Andrew Miller takes five wickets then Lancash: “Miller suffered a little when Glen Chapple and Mark…”

Formed from Warwick + -shire

Old English Wǣringwīċ

Middle English Warwyk

English Warwick

Every English word from Middle English Warewikeschire

Today it means

name An inland county of England bordered by Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.

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

Etymograph / Middle English Warewikeschire / Warwickshire

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