From Fry + town, after the Fry family.
Formed from Fry + town
Latin frīgō ‘to roast, fry’
Old French frire
Middle English fryen ‘to fry’
English Fry
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 census-designated place in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. Synonym or older name: Williamstown.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Frytown
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