English
Yellville
From Yell + -ville, named after Archibald Yell.
Formed from Yell + -ville
Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‘to shout’
Proto-Germanic *gellaną ‘to shout, to yell’
Old English ġiellan ‘to yell’
Middle English ȝellen
English Yell
The story
From Yell + -ville, named after Archibald Yell.
Today it means
name A city, the county seat of Marion County, Arkansas, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yellville