shire
To constitute or reconstitute into one or more shires or countiesTo constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.
Meaning
1 sensesTo constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.
County Longford was shired in 1586.
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English schire (“region, shire, county”) [and other forms]The noun is derived from Middle English schire (“region, shire, county”) [and other forms], from Old English sċīr (“administrative region under an alderman and sheriff, shire; district under a governor or official; status of an official, office”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *skīru (“district; status of an official, office”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Latin cūra (“care, concern; administration, charge, management; command, office”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed; to see”).
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Forms
shires, shiring, shired, shiredWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle