English

Patrickswell

From Saint Patrick + -s- + well.

Formed from Patrick + -s- + well

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’

Latin Patricius ‘patrician’

Middle English Patrick

Proto-Germanic *wela

Old English wel ‘well’

Middle English wel ‘well’

English well

Today it means

name A small town in County Limerick, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 5250).

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

Etymograph / Patrickswell