Where does “New Yorks” come from?
New Yorks (Dutch) comes from Dutch New York, from English New York, from English York, from Middle English Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, from Old Norse Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum — York.
New Yorks (Dutch): New Yorkian, from New York, relating to that American city
Definitions
- New Yorkian, from New York, relating to that American city
Ancestry of “New Yorks”, step by step
New Yorks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch New York
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | New York | — |
| 2 | English | New York | New York County, a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan |
| 3 | English | York | English city |
| 4 | Middle English | Ȝork | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | Jórk | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | Jórvík | — |
| 7 | Old English | Eoforwīċ | York |
| 8 | Latin | Eborācum | Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York |
| 9 | Proto-Brythonic | *Eβrọg | York |
via Dutch S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | S | — |