English
Greytown
From the surname Grey + town.
Proto-Germanic *grēwaz ‘grey’
Proto-West Germanic *grāu ‘grey’
Old English grēġ ‘grey’
Middle English grey ‘grey’
English Grey
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 small town in South Wairarapa district, Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Greytown