Poundbury
专有名词
英文释义
专有名词
- An experimental new town on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6790).
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Etymology tree
Old English *pund
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.?
Proto-Germanic *burgz
Old English byriġ
English Poundbury
From Old English *pund (“enclosure”) + byriġ (“stronghold”). Named after Poundbury Farm, which was the name of the land where the new development was built.
Note that this meaning of pound refers to a place meant for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
Old English *pund
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.?
Proto-Germanic *burgz
Old English byriġ
English Poundbury
From Old English *pund (“enclosure”) + byriġ (“stronghold”). Named after Poundbury Farm, which was the name of the land where the new development was built.
Note that this meaning of pound refers to a place meant for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
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