Chester
/ˈtʃɛstər/noun
A city in northwest England, or a place-name element originally meaning a Roman fort or camp.
Did you know?The place-name element -chester comes from Latin castra, the plural of castrum, the word Romans used for a military camp or fort, and it survives in names like Manchester, Winchester, and Doncaster.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kes-
“to cut”
Latin
Latin
castrum
“fort, military camp”
Old English
OE
ceaster
“Roman town or fort”
Middle English
ME
Chestre
“the city of Chester”
Modern English
English
Chester
“a city in northwest England; also a place-name element from 'fort'”