English
Greenville
From green + -ville or Green + -ville (from the surname), depending on the place.
Formed from green + -ville
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
Today it means
name A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Butler County, Alabama.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Greenville