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Where does “dunon” come from?

dunon (Gaulish) comes from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “dunon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “dunon”

  • town
  • Princeton
  • Clinton
  • downtown
  • Burton
  • Cotton
  • Thornton
  • Sutton
  • Townsend
  • hometown
  • Burlington
  • Clint
  • townspeople
  • Jamestown
  • Chinatown
  • Drayton
  • Skelton
  • Atherton
  • townsfolk
  • simpleton
  • Waddington
  • Edgerton
  • Freetown
  • singleton
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