English

Westdean

From west + Dean.

Formed from west + Dean

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

Latin decānus ‘chief of ten’

Anglo-Norman deen

Middle English den ‘dean’

English Dean

Today it means

name A village in Cuckmere Valley parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5299).

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

Etymograph / Westdean