English
Yale
Yale comes from Welsh Iâl ‘clearing, cultivated upland’.
- Welshc. 1500–presentIâl‘clearing, cultivated upland’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Yale
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Welshc. 1500–presentIâl‘clearing, cultivated upland’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Yale
Earliest quotation: 2019, Zachary B. Wolf, How to know when it’s a constitutional crisis: “But all this still does not rise to the…”
The story
The surname is habitational. The university is named for Elihu Yale, a notable early benefactor.
Every English word from Welsh Iâl
Today it means
name A university in the eastern United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welsh Iâl / Yale