The French place name Auneau sounds like the word "Ono", which means "a small place with alder trees"
Auneau (French) →alnetellum (Latin prototype)
Alnetellum (Latin singular neutral nominative) →alnetum-lum
Alnetum (Latin singular neutral nominative case is based on Latin alnus)→ Alnus and other plants; Where there is alder.
Alnus (Latin singular masculine nominative case) → (red poplar)
-etum (Latin suffix noun singular neutral nominative used to form collective noun)
-ellum (Latin suffix noun singular neutral nominative gives the connected noun the attribute of "small")
-us (Latin inflected suffix singular masculine nominative)
-um (Latin inflected suffix singular neutral nominative)