English

Simonstown

From Simon + -s- + town.

Formed from Simon + -s- + town

Anglo-Norman Simon

Middle English Simon

English Simon

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 townland in County Meath, Ireland.

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

Etymograph / Simonstown