Etymology

-ton

Today it means: Place-name suffix, originally denoting a town or enclosure of buildings. Full definition →

Middle English -ton ← Old English -tūn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromtūn“town”
  2. Old English · inherited from-tūn
  3. Middle English · inherited from-ton
  4. English today-ton

From Middle English -ton, -tone, -tune, from Old English -tūn, derived from Old English tūn (“town”). Doublet of town.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishtūn all →

wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymington

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