English
Westville
The name of the town in Nova Scotia is derived from west + -ville.
Formed from west + -ville
Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’
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Proto-Germanic *westrą
Proto-West Germanic *westr ‘western’
Old English west
Middle English west
English west
The story
The name of the town in Nova Scotia is derived from west + -ville. The town is named for its location to the west of Stellarton.
Today it means
name A town in Nova Scotia, Canada, immediately west of the town of Stellarton.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Westville