Etymology of the English word town
the English word
townderived from the English word
tunderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*tunazderived from the Celtic root
*dunomderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dheuə-Derivations in English
chinatown,
crosstown,
hansetown,
intown,
midtown,
shantytown,
darktown,
downtown,
hometownCognates
Dutch
tuin, German
Zaun, Icelandic
túnUsage
Word found in Modern English
