Meaning

noun the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

originEtymology tree Proto-Celtic *eburos Proto-Brythonic *eβur Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Brythonic *-ọg Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọgbor. Latin Eborācumder. Old English Eoforwīċder. Old Norse Jórvíkbor. Middle English Ȝork English York From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from…

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