Where does “Evansville” come from?
Evansville comes from Evans, a surname, combined with English ville from French ville, ultimately derived from Latin villa meaning a country house or estate.
Ancestry of “Evansville”, step by step
Evansville traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ville
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ville | A Vietnamese village |
| 2 | French | ville | town, city |
| 3 | Middle French | ville | city or town |
| 4 | Old French | ville | city or town |
| 5 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 6 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 7 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English Evans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Evans | common in Wales, derived from the given name Evan (or Ifan in) |