Where does “Westdean” come from?
Westdean (English) comes from English West, from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
Westdean (English): OS grid ref TV5299
Definitions
- OS grid ref TV5299
Ancestry of “Westdean”, step by step
Westdean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English West
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | West | Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie |
| 2 | Middle English | west | west; A location to the south; the south; The... |
| 3 | Old English | west | west |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | western, westernly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |
via English Dean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dean | A title afforded to a dean |
| 2 | Middle English | den | A cave or cavern |
| 3 | Old French | deien | — |
| 4 | Latin | decānus | chief of ten people (in various contexts) |
| 5 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 6 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |