English
Jamestown
From James + town.
Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב
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Latin Iācōbus
Vulgar Latin Iācōmus
Old French James
Middle English James
English James
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 Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: The capital city of Saint Helena.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Jamestown