yeo

See also: Yeo and þeo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophone: yo

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ea, eo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Compare ea, eau.

Noun

yeo (plural yeos)

1. (Southwest England) A stream or ditch

Etymology 2

From Middle English yeue, yowe, from Old English ēowu (“ewe”). More at ewe.

Noun

yeo (plural yeos)

1. (dialect) A ewe

See also

• rhyne

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• yoe