English
Westley Waterless
Westley Waterless comes from Old English wæter + lēas ‘wet clearings’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wæter + lēas‘wet clearings’
- EnglishtodayWestley Waterless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wæter + lēas‘wet clearings’
- EnglishtodayWestley Waterless
The story
Recorded as Westle c.1045, Weslai 1086 (DB), and Westle Waterles 1285, the affix being from Old English wæter + lēas (‘wet clearings’)
Every English word from Old English wæter + lēas
Today it means
name A small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6256).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English wæter + lēas / Westley Waterless