Where does “Prattville” come from?

Prattville (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.

Prattville (English): founded in 1873 and largely abandoned in 1878

Definitions

  1. founded in 1873 and largely abandoned in 1878

Ancestry of “Prattville”, step by step

Prattville 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 Pratt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPrattknown in England, Ireland, and Scotland
2Middle Englishprat
3Old Englishprætttrick, prank, practical joke
4Proto-Germanicprattuzboastful talk; deceit, trickery, stratagem, list,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbrodnó-to wander about
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin vetus