English
Jeffersontown
From Jefferson + town.
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 home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, which is a major suburb of Louisville.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Jeffersontown