Etymograph

English

Silverton

From silver + -ton.

Formed from silver + -ton

Proto-Germanic *silubrą ‘silver’

Proto-West Germanic *silubr ‘silver’

Old English seolfor ‘silver’

Middle English silver ‘silver’

English silver

Today it means

name A placename: A small village west of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

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

Etymograph / Silverton