English
Honesdale
From Hone + -s- + dale, named after Philip Hone.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- ‘to sharpen’
Proto-Germanic *hainō ‘whetstone’
Old English hān ‘a projecting stone that forms part of a boundary’
Middle English hon ‘whetstone’
English Hone
Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’
Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley’
Old English dæl ‘valley’
Middle English dale ‘a dale or valley’
English dale
The story
From Hone + -s- + dale, named after Philip Hone.
Today it means
name A borough, the county seat of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Honesdale