Where does “newyorkese” come from?
newyorkese (Italian) comes from Italian New York, from English New York, from English York, from Middle English Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, from Old Norse Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum — York.
newyorkese (Italian): New York; New Yorker
Definitions
- New York; New Yorker
Ancestry of “newyorkese”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | New York | — |
| 2 | English | New York | New York County, a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan |
| 3 | English | York | English city |
| 4 | Middle English | Ȝork | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | Jórk | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | Jórvík | — |
| 7 | Old English | Eoforwīċ | York |
| 8 | Latin | Eborācum | Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York |
| 9 | Proto-Brythonic | *Eβrọg | York |