Where does “bristol” come from?

bristol (English) comes from Middle English Bristowe, from Old English Bryċġstōw, from Old English stōw, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

bristol (English): A woman's breast

Definitions

  1. A woman's breast

Ancestry of “bristol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishBristowe—
2Old EnglishBryċġstōw—
3Old Englishstōwplace, locality, site; place, location; a place,...
4Proto-West Germanic*stōua place
5Proto-Germanic*stōōa place, location, site
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂w-to set, place
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “bristol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stōō →