English
Marshalltown
From Marshall + 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 city, the county seat of Marshall County, Iowa, United States. Originally named Marshall, after Marshall, Michigan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Marshalltown