Etymology

Roseville

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Today it means: A city in Placer County, California. Full definition →

English Rose ← French ville ← Middle French ville
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The story

  1. Englishrose
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  3. Proto-Italic*weikslā
  4. Latinvīlla
  5. Old Frenchville
  6. Middle Frenchville
  7. Frenchville
  8. EnglishRose
  9. English todayRoseville

From rose (“a flower”) + -ville, or from Rose (“a name”) + -ville.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.