English
Wrightstown
From the surname Wright + -s- + town.
Formed from Wright + -s- + town
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’
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Proto-West Germanic *wurhti ‘deed, act’
Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō ‘worker, workman’
Old English wyrhta ‘worker, maker’
Middle English wrighte
English Wright
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 borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Wrightstown