English
Watertown
Broadly from water + town.
Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water; to well’
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Proto-Germanic *watōr ‘water’
Proto-West Germanic *watar ‘water’
Old English wæter ‘water’
Middle English water ‘water’
English water
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 The name of several places in the United States of America: A ghost town in Kings County, California.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Watertown