Where does “Clinton” come from?

Clinton (English) comes from Old English tun, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Clinton (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Clinton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtunan enclosed piece of ground, an enclosure or...
2Proto-West Germanictūnfence
3Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
4Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “Clinton”

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