where did the name york come from?
The word "York"  is derived from the Brittonic name, a combination of "yew-tree"
York
The word "York" () is derived from the Brittonic name (Latinised variously as , or ), a combination of "yew-tree"
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York [SEP] Origin of the name
The word "York" () is derived from the Brittonic name (Latinised variously as , or ), a combination of "yew-tree" (compare Old Irish "yew-tree" (Irish , , ; Scottish Gaelic ), Welsh "alder buckthorn", Breton "alder buckthorn") and a suffix of appurtenance "belonging to-, place of-" (compare Welsh ) meaning either "place of the yew trees" ( in Welsh, Old Irish "grove of yew trees, place with one or more yew trees", in Irish Gaelic and in Scottish Gaelic; the city itself is called (Irish) and in those languages, from the Latin ); or alternatively, "the settlement of (a man named) " (a Celtic personal name is mentioned in different documents as , and and, when combined with the Celtic possessive suffix , could be used to denote his property).