Etymology

Oniontown

O1N1I1O1N1T1O1W4N1

Today it means: A community in the town of Dover, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Full definition →

English town ← Middle English toun ← Old English tūn
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The story

  1. Englishonion
  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 todayOniontown

From onion + town.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.