Etymology

Hangtown

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Today it means: Placerville (a city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States). Full definition →

English town ← Middle English toun ← Old English tūn
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  1. Englishhang
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
  4. Proto-Celtic*dūnom
  5. Proto-Germanic*tūną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*tūn
  7. Old Englishtūn
  8. Middle Englishtoun
  9. Englishtown
  10. English todayHangtown

From hang + town.

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