Etymograph

English

Wroxeter

Wroxeter comes from Middle English Wroccecestre, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *Wirokū.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*Wirokūroot as named · steps between not traced
  2. bry-earmodern*Wiroküreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEViroconium
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150*Wreocenċeasterreconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Wroccecestre
  6. EnglishtodayWroxeter

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*Wirokūroot as named · steps between not traced
  2. bry-earmodern*Wiroküreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEViroconium
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150*Wreocenċeasterreconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Wroccecestre
  6. EnglishtodayWroxeter

The story

From Middle English Wroccecestre, Wrochecestre, Roceceaster, from Old English *Wreocenċeaster, from *Wreocen (attested as Wreocensǣte) + ċeaster (‘fortress; city’), borrowed from Latin Viroconium, itself borrowed from Early Brythonic *Wirokü, from Proto-Celtic *Wirokū.

Every English word from Proto-Celtic *Wirokū

Today it means

name A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England, originally a Roman settlement (OS grid ref SJ5608).

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Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *Wirokū / Wroxeter

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