English
Moorestown
From the surname Moore + -s- + town in New Jersey at least.
Formed from Moore + -s- + 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 place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Norwich Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Moorestown