Where does “New York” come from?

New York (English) comes from English York, from Middle English Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, from Old Norse Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg — York.

New York (English): New York County, a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan

Definitions

  1. New York County, a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan

Ancestry of “New York”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYorkEnglish city
2Middle EnglishȜork—
3Old NorseJórk—
4Old NorseJórvík—
5Old EnglishEoforwīċYork
6LatinEborācumEboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York
7Proto-Brythonic*EβrọgYork

Words derived from “New York”

Every word from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg →Every word from Latin Eborācum →Every word from Old English Eoforwīċ →