Where does “Pinkville” come from?

Pinkville (English) comes from English ville, from French ville, from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Pinkville (English): A Vietcong stronghold said to be located in the region of Sơn Mỹ village in Quảng Ngãi Province during the Vietnam War

Definitions

  1. A Vietcong stronghold said to be located in the region of Sơn Mỹ village in Quảng Ngãi Province during the Vietnam War

Ancestry of “Pinkville”, step by step

Pinkville traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ville

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvilleA Vietnamese village
2Frenchvilletown, city
3Middle Frenchvillecity or town
4Old Frenchvillecity or town
5Latinvīllacountry house; villa
6Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
7Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via English Pink

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPinkAn operative of the Pinkerton National Detective...
2Dutchpingelento wrangle, to try to get a better price; to do...
3West Frisianpingelsmall item
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus