English
Smithtown
From the surname Smith + town.
Proto-Germanic *smiþaz ‘smith’
Proto-West Germanic *smiþ ‘craftsman’
Old English smiþ ‘smith’
Middle English smeth
English Smith
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 with hamlet and census-designated place therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Smithtown