English

West Devon

From west + Devon.

A compound of west + Devon

Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’

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Proto-Germanic *westrą

Proto-West Germanic *westr ‘western’

Old English west

Middle English west

English west

Old English Defenas

English Devon

Today it means

name A local government district with borough status of Devon, England.

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

Etymograph / West Devon