English
Hightstown
From the surname Hight + -s- + town.
Formed from Hight + -s- + town
Proto-Germanic *haitaną ‘to address, call, summon’
Proto-West Germanic *haitan ‘to command, name’
Old English hātan ‘to call, name’
Middle English hoten ‘to name, to be named’
Middle English highten
English Hight
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 borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hightstown