Where does “London” come from?
London comes from Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium, of unknown origin.
London (English): Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000
Definitions
- Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000
Ancestry of “London”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | London | — |
| 2 | Old English | Lunden | London |
| 3 | Latin | Londinium | London |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | *Londinyom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |