Where does “Bristol” come from?
Bristol comes from Old English Bryċġstōw, a compound of Old English bryċġ meaning "bridge" and stōw meaning "place."
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Ancestry of “Bristol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | Brigstow | — |
| 2 | Old English | Bryċġstōw | — |
| 3 | Old English | stōw | place, locality, site; place, location; a place,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stōu | a place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *stōō | a place, location, site |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂w- | to set, place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |