Etymology

Albertville

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Today it means: A town in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, named after Charles Albert of Sardinia. Full definition →

French ville ← Middle French ville ← Old French ville
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*aþalą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*aþal
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerHǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s
  5. Proto-Germanic*berhtaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*berht
  7. Proto-West Germanic*Aþalaberht
  8. Old EnglishÆþelbeorht
  9. LatinAlbertus
  10. Old FrenchAlbert
  11. EnglishAlbert
  12. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  13. Proto-Italic*weikslā
  14. Latinvīlla
  15. Old Frenchville
  16. Middle Frenchville
  17. Frenchville
  18. English todayAlbertville

From Albert + -ville.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.