yeo

See also: Yeo and þeo

English

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua. Compare ea, Eau, eau.

Noun

yeo (plural yeos)

  1. (Southwest England) Alternative form of ea

Noun

yeo (plural yeos)

  1. Alternative form of yowe

See also

References
  • OED 2nd edition 1989

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