Where does “Wellingtonner” come from?

Wellingtonner (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans er — The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Wellingtonner (Afrikaans): person from or inhabitant of any of the various places named Wellington

Definitions

  1. person from or inhabitant of any of the various places named Wellington

Ancestry of “Wellingtonner”, step by step

Wellingtonner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Wellington

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansWellington
Every word from Afrikaans er
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