Stonhenge

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ston (“stone”) +‎ henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔːnˌ(h)ɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈstɔnˌ(h)ɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/
  • (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈstɑːnˌ(h)ɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/

Proper noun

Stonhenge

  1. Stonehenge (a group of standing stones in in Wiltshire, England)

Descendants

  • English: Stonehenge (obsolete Stonage)
  • → Old French: Stounhenges
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