English
Frenchtown
From French + town, often referring to French settlers.
Proto-Germanic *frankô ‘spear’
Proto-West Germanic *Frankō ‘a Frank’
Old English Franca ‘a Frank’
Old English Frencisc ‘of the Franks, Frankish, French’
Middle English French
English French
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 El Dorado County, California.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Frenchtown