Etymology

township

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Today it means: The territory of a town. Full definition →

Middle English towneship ← Old English tūnsċipe
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromtūnsċipe“the inhabitants of a town; township”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtowneship
  3. English todaytownship

From Middle English towneship, townschip, tounshipe, tunscipe, from Old English tūnsċipe (“the inhabitants of a town; township”), equivalent to town + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.