Pittsylvania
English
proper-noun
Definitions
- (historic) A proposed name for a failed colony bid, in what would later become West Virginia
Etymology
Affix from English Pitt (w) + English sylvan (woods, from wood, forest, der)+ English William Pitt the Elder.
Origin
English
William Pitt the Elder
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pennsylvania English
- Pitt English
- Pittite English
- Pittsburgh English
- Spotsylvania English
- William Pitt the Elder English
- anthrosylvan English
- sylvan English
- sylvanite English
- sylvanshine English
- sylvanus Latin