English

Moultonborough

From the surname Moulton + borough.

Old English

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’

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Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘stronghold, city’

Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘city’

Old English burh

Middle English borwe

Today it means

name A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Moultonborough