Where does “Somerset” come from?

Somerset derives from Old English Sumorsǣte, which itself developed from Old English Sumortūnsǣte, a compound term whose original meaning remains uncertain.

Somerset (English): bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel

Definitions

  1. bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel

Ancestry of “Somerset”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishSumorsǣte—
2Old EnglishSumortūnsǣte—

Words derived from “Somerset”

Every word from Old English Sumortūnsǣte →Every word from Old English Sumorsǣte →