Word Origin Summary

Wellington is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• Ueligitone

  Tokelau · borrowed from

• เวลลิงตัน

  Thai · borrowed from

• Welinakona

  Hawaiian · borrowed from

• 惠靈頓

  Mandarin Chinese · borrowed from

• Verengiteni

  Rarotongan · borrowed from

• 威靈頓

  Mandarin Chinese · borrowed from

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