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-ville
suffix sporadically in vogue in U.S. colloquial word formation since c.1840 (cf.
dullsville
,
palookaville
), abstracted from the
-ville
in place names (
Louisville
,
Greenville
, etc.), from Old French
ville
"town," from Latin
villa
(see
villa
).
