Westmestre
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Wesminster, Westemester, Westeminster, Westemynster, Westemynstre, Westemyster, Westmenster, Westmenstre, Westmester, Westminstre, Westmunster, Westmunstre, Westmustre, West-mynster, Westmynster, Westmynstere, Westmynstre, Westmynstur, Westmyster
Etymology
From Old English Wæst minstre, West mynstre; equivalent to west + menstre.
Proper noun
Westmestre
- Westminster
- 1477, William Caxton, “Et sic est finis”, in The Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, Westminster, London: William Caxton, folio 74, recto:
- Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij.
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Descendants
- English: Westminster
- → Latin: Westmonastērium (partial calque)
- → Old French: Westmostier (partial calque)
References
- “West-minster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.