Dorsete

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === Doresete, Dorset, Dorsett, Dorsette === Etymology === From Old English Dorsǣte, Dornsǣte; compare Dorchestre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɔrˌsɛːt(ə)/, /ˈdɔrsɛt(ə)/ === Proper noun === Dorsete Dorset (a county of western England) ==== Descendants ==== English: Dorset → Old French: Dorsate, Dorsete ==== References ==== Ackerman, Robert W. (1952), “DORSET”, in An Index of the Arthurian Names In Middle English (Stanford University Publications, University Series; Language and Literature; 10), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →OCLC, page 75; republished at New York: AMS Press, 1967.