Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Short for York Imperial (“apple cultivar”).
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA town and local government area (the Shire of York), in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. · A coastal town in Sierra Leone. · A city, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England. · A hamlet in Billington and Langho parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7033).
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *eburos Proto-Brythonic *eβur Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Brythonic *-ọg Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọgbor. Latin Eborācumder. Old English Eoforwīċder. Old Norse Jórvíkbor. Middle English Ȝork English York From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Displaced Middle English Everwik, from the Old English.
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