English

Washoe County

Washoe+county.

A compound of Washoe + county

Washo Wá꞉šiw ʔítlu ‘Wašišiw’

Latin comes ‘count’

Latin comitātus ‘jurisdiction of a count’

Anglo-Norman counté

Middle English countee

The story

Named after the Washoe people.

name One of 16 counties in Nevada, United States. County seat: Reno.

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

Etymograph / Washoe County