Where does “Flemington” come from?

Flemington (English) comes from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być — to be able.

Flemington (English): famous for its racecourse

Definitions

  1. famous for its racecourse

Ancestry of “Flemington”, step by step

Flemington traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
2FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
3Old Frenchtonyour
4Latintuusyour
5Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
6Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
7Polishtuhere
8Polishbyćto be
9Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
10Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
11Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via English Fleming

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFlemingA native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium; An...
2Middle Englishflameng—
3Old EnglishFlæmingi—
4Old NorseFlǽmingr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь →