Westmynster

• Wesminster, Westemester, Westeminster, Westemynster, Westemynstre, Westemyster, Westmenster, Westmenstre, Westmester, Westmestre, Westminstre, Westmunster, Westmunstre, Westmustre, West-mynster, Westmynstere, Westmynstre, Westmynstur, Westmyster

Inherited from Old English Westmynster; equivalent to west +‎ mynster.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstˌminstər/, /ˈwɛstˌmistər/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstˌmynstər/, /ˈwɛstˌmystər/ (West Midland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstˌmɛnstər/, /ˈwɛstˌmɛstər/ (East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent)

Westmynster

1. Westminster (city in Greater London, historically in Middlesex).
   • 1477, William Caxton, “Et sic est finis”, in The Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, Westminster, London: William Caxton, folio 74, recto:

     Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij.

     Here ends the book named 'The Dict[ations] or Sayings of the Philosophers Enprinted. By me, William Caxton at Westminster, the Year of Our Lord .M.CCCC.LXX VIJ.'

• English: Westminster
• → Latin: Westmonastērium (partial calque)
• → Old French: Westmynster
• → Old French: Westmostier (partial calque)

• “West-minster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• Westminster

Equivalent to west (“west”) +‎ mynster (“monastery”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈwestˌmyn.ster/

Westmynster m

1. Westminster (a county, a Greater London in England).

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: Westmynster, Wesminster, Westemester, Westeminster, Westemynster, Westemynstre, Westemyster, Westmenster, Westmenstre, Westmester, Westmestre, Westminstre, Westmunster, Westmunstre, Westmustre, West-mynster, Westmynstere, Westmynstre, Westmynstur, Westmyster
  • English: Westminster
  • → Latin: Westmonastērium (partial calque)
  • → Old French: Westmynster
  • → Old French: Westmostier (partial calque)

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “West-mynster”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Borrowed from Middle English Westmynster.

Westmynster

1. Westminster

• Westmostier