English
Fredericktown
From Frederick + town.
A compound of Frederick + town
Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks
Proto-West Germanic *Friþurīk
Old High German Fridurih
German Friedrich
English Frederick
Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’
Proto-Germanic *tūną ‘fence, enclosure’
Proto-West Germanic *tūn ‘fence’
Old English tūn ‘an enclosed piece of ground’
Middle English toun ‘a town or city’
English town
Today it means
name A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Fredericktown