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English word origin

Etymology of Ince

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs (“island”) or else the Cumbric/Old Welsh reflex inis. Compare Ynys and Inch.

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The source etymologies

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
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A surname. · A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4576). · Synonym of Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, and the name of a Wigan borough ward.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs (“island”) or else the Cumbric/Old Welsh reflex inis. Compare Ynys and Inch.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Derivation mention*ɨnɨscel-bry-pro
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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

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