English
Gladesville
From Glade + -s- + -ville; named after John Glade, an emancipist.
Formed from Glade + -s- + -ville
Middle English glade ‘a gleam of light, bright space, an open space’
English Glade
The story
From Glade + -s- + -ville; named after John Glade, an emancipist.
Today it means
name A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Gladesville