Etymograph

English

Franklinton

From Franklin + -ton.

Formed from Franklin + -ton

Frankish *Frankō ‘Frank’

Old French fraunc ‘free’

Anglo-Norman fraunclein ‘a landowner of free, but not noble birth’

Middle English frankelein ‘freeholder’

English Franklin

Today it means

name A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bibb County, Georgia.

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

Etymograph / Franklinton