English

Powelltown

Presumably from Powell + town

Formed from Powell + town

Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’

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 small town in Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia.

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

Etymograph / Powelltown