Etymograph

English

Westlake

From west + lake.

A compound of west + lake

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

Today it means

name A placename: A hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).

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

Etymograph / Westlake