Etymograph

English

Floydada

Disputed, possibly from Floyd + Ada.

Formed from Floyd + Ada

Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁- ‘pale’

Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos ‘grey’

Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd ‘grey’

Welsh llwyd ‘grey, grey-haired’

English Floyd

Germanic

English Ada

The story

Disputed, possibly from Floyd + Ada.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Today it means

name A city, the county seat of Floyd County, Texas, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Floydada