Eboracum

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Eborākom, see that entry and York for more.

Proper noun

Eborācum n sg (genitive Eborācī); second declension

1. Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York.
2. York

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Eborācum
Genitive	Eborācī
Dative	Eborācō
Accusative	Eborācum
Ablative	Eborācō
Vocative	Eborācum
Locative	Eborācī

Derived terms

• eborācēnsis
• noveborācēnsis
• Novum Eborācum

Descendants

• → Old English: Eoforwīċ
  • → Old Norse: Jórk, Jórvík
    • → Middle English: York, Ȝork
      • English: 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.