English
Greencastle
From green + castle.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’
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Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- ‘to cut’
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Late Latin castellum ‘small camp, fort’
Proto-West Germanic *kastell ‘castle’
Old English castel ‘town, village; castle’
Middle English castel ‘castle’
English castle
Today it means
name A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Putnam County, Indiana.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Greencastle