Etymology

Vernon

Ver·non
V4E1R1N1O1N1

Today it means: A town in Eure department, Normandy, France. Full definition →

Transalpine Gaulish uerna ← Proto-Celtic *wernā ← Proto-Indo-European *wern-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wern-
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*wernā
  3. Transalpine Gaulish · derived fromuerna“alder”
  4. English todayVernon

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

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