Eboracum

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from pre-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic *Eborākom, from *eburos (“yew”) +‎ *-ākom (relative adjective suffix). See the entry York for more. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.bɔˈraː.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.boˈraː.kum] === Proper noun === Eborācum n sg (genitive Eborācī); second declension Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York. York ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== eborācēnsis noveborācēnsis Novum Eborācum ==== Descendants ==== → Old English: Eoforwīċ, Eoferwīċ, Ēorwīċ, EuerwīċMiddle English: Everwik, Eborwike, Eoverwic, Everwic, Everwich, Everwike, Everwyk→ Old French: Everwich→ Old Italian: Verrvicche→ Old Norse: JórvíkIcelandic: Jórvík→ Faroese: Jórvík (learned)→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Jorvik (learned)→ Swedish: Jorvik (learned)→ Danish: Jorvig (learned)→ Middle English: York, Yorke, Ȝork, Ȝorke, Ȝorc, ȜeorcEnglish: York === References === “Eboracum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Eboracum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.