myEtymology.com: English etymology of yorkist

Etymology of the English word yorkist

the English word yorkist

derived from the English word York (city in [[England]])

derived from the Anglo-Saxon word Eoferwic

derived from the Latin word Eboracum (York)

derived from the Proto-Brythonic word Eborakon ('place of the [[yew]] trees' or 'the field of Eburos')

using the English suffix -ist

derived from the Latin suffix -ista

derived from the Greek suffix -istes