| 1 | Middle English | Caunterbury | — |
| 2 | Old English | Cantwarbyriġ | — |
| 3 | Old English | Cantwara byriġ | — |
| 4 | Old English | Cantwara burg | — |
| 5 | Old English | Cantware | Kent |
| 6 | Old English | -ware | suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *-wari | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | warjaz | defender; inhabitant; citizen |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |