English
Lockport
From lock + port.
Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’
Proto-Germanic *luką
Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’
Old English loc
Middle English lok
English lock
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’
Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’
Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’
Latin portus ‘harbour, port’
Old English port ‘a port, haven’
English port
The story
Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.
Today it means
name A community in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lockport