yeo

See also: Yeo, and þeo

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /jəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophone: yo

Etymology 1

From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua. Compare ea, Eau, eau.

Noun

yeo (plural yeos)

1. (Southwest England) Alternative form of ea

Etymology 2

Noun

yeo (plural yeos)

1. Alternative form of yowe

See also

• rhyne

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• EOY, yoe