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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: cester #139701 02/23/2005 1:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York You're on it, Jackie! According to the Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary; Hall (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1960), -cester comes from cæster = castle, fort, town. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted How do you tell where you're from belMarduk 02/18/2005 2:31 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from maverick 02/18/2005 11:15 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from Faldage 02/18/2005 11:18 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from maverick 02/18/2005 11:22 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from Faldage 02/18/2005 11:59 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from belligerentyouth 02/18/2005 12:11 PM Re: How do you tell where you're from of troy 02/18/2005 12:16 PM Re: How do you tell where you're from Buffalo Shrdlu 02/18/2005 2:04 PM Re: How do you tell where you're from belligerentyouth 02/18/2005 2:19 PM Re: How do you tell where you're from Jackie 02/18/2005 2:58 PM Re: Louisvillians AnnaStrophic 02/18/2005 3:05 PM Re: Louisvillians Jackie 02/18/2005 3:10 PM Re: Louisvillians tsuwm 02/18/2005 3:30 PM Re: sink her maverick 02/18/2005 3:53 PM Re: Louisvillians Jackie 02/18/2005 5:07 PM Re: Louisvillians tsuwm 02/18/2005 6:07 PM Re: How do you tell where you're from Buffalo Shrdlu 02/18/2005 5:19 PM How do you tell where you're going musick 02/18/2005 6:14 PM Re: How do you tell where you're going belMarduk 02/18/2005 7:44 PM Re: How do you tell where you're going Faldage 02/18/2005 11:26 PM Re: How do you tell where you're going AnnaStrophic 02/19/2005 12:11 AM Re: How do you tell where you're going maverick 02/19/2005 12:24 AM Re: How do you tell where you're going Wordwind 02/19/2005 12:34 AM Re: How do you tell where you're going Faldage 02/19/2005 1:31 PM Re: How do you tell where you're going Wordwind 02/19/2005 1:34 PM Re: How do you tell where you're going Zed 02/19/2005 12:37 AM Do you know where you're going to... musick 02/22/2005 5:51 PM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Capfka 02/22/2005 7:04 PM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Jackie 02/23/2005 12:55 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Faldage 02/23/2005 1:09 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Vernon Compton 02/23/2005 1:31 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Jackie 02/23/2005 1:58 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Vernon Compton 02/23/2005 2:05 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Wordwind 02/23/2005 7:19 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... maverick 02/23/2005 10:49 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Capfka 02/23/2005 11:20 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Jackie 02/23/2005 12:39 PM Re: cester AnnaStrophic 02/23/2005 1:04 PM Re: cester Capfka 02/23/2005 1:26 PM Re: cester of troy 02/23/2005 2:52 PM Re: cester Capfka 02/23/2005 5:37 PM Re: cester Faldage 02/25/2005 12:14 AM Re: cester Jackie 02/25/2005 12:22 AM Re: cester Faldage 02/25/2005 2:03 AM Re: cester Jackie 02/25/2005 2:35 AM Re: Do you know where you're going to... Wordwind 02/23/2005 11:34 PM Re: Do you know where you're going to... consuelo 03/07/2005 11:00 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from TEd Remington 02/23/2005 11:40 PM It's one of the first signs... AnnaStrophic 03/07/2005 6:38 PM Re: It's one of the first signs... TEd Remington 03/07/2005 7:25 PM Re: It's one of the first signs... Faldage 03/07/2005 11:11 PM Re: It's one of the first signs... amnow 03/09/2005 9:42 PM March madness musick 03/10/2005 10:36 AM Re: March madness amnow 03/11/2005 2:24 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from TEd Remington 03/07/2005 11:56 AM Re: How do you tell where you're from Alex Williams 03/07/2005 1:18 PM I see trees of green... musick 03/07/2005 5:03 PM Re: How do you tell where you're from Elizabeth Creith 03/26/2005 7:38 PM Re: How do you tell where you're from belMarduk 03/27/2005 2:38 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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