English
Randalstown
From Randal + -s- + town, after Randal MacDonnell.
Formed from Randal + -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 town west of Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J0890).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Randalstown