Where does “Lincoln” come from?
Lincoln comes from Old English Lindcoln, from Latin Lindum, from Proto-Celtic lindos, meaning "lake" or "pool," referring to a settlement by water.
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Ancestry of “Lincoln”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Lincolne | — |
| 2 | Old English | Lindcylene | the city of Lincoln, England |
| 3 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 4 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 5 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 6 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |