English
Stephentown
From Stephen + town, after Stephen Van Rensselaer.
Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ- ‘to enlace’
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Proto-Hellenic *stékʷʰō ‘to enlace, crown, encircle’
Ancient Greek στέφω ‘to put round, to surround’
Ancient Greek Στέφανος ‘crown, wreath’
Latin Stephanus
English Stephen
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 in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Stephentown