Etymology

Lakeville

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Today it means: A community in Carleton County, New Brunswick. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*lekanądeverb.
  3. Proto-Germanic*lakō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*laku
  5. Old Englishlacu
  6. Middle Englishlake
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lókus
  8. Proto-Italic*lakus
  9. Latinlacuslbor.?
  10. Old Frenchlac
  11. Middle Englishlac
  12. Englishlake
  13. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  14. Proto-Italic*weikslā
  15. Latinvīlla
  16. Old Frenchville
  17. Middle Frenchville
  18. Frenchville
  19. English todayLakeville

From lake + -ville.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.