Saresbury

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === Salesbiri, Salesbury, Sallesbury, Salisbiri, Salisburi, Salysbury, Sarrisbiri Seresberi, Sereberi (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English *Searesbyriġ, dative and genitive of *Searesburh, alternative form of Searoburg (which some early forms originate directly from), from searu (“armour”) +‎ burg (“fort”) as a folk-etymological reinterpretation of Latin Sorviodūnum, Sorbiodōnum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsar(ə)sˌburiː/, /ˈsal(ə)sˌburiː/, /-ˌbɛriː/, /-ˌbiriː/ === Proper noun === Saresbury Old Sarum (a former city in Wiltshire, England) Salisbury (a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England) ==== Descendants ==== English: Salisbury → Latin: Sarisberia; Sarum (from the abbreviation Sar') → Old French: Salebire, Salesbire