Etymology

Angerton

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Today it means: A village in Kirkbride parish and Holme East Waver parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2257). Full definition →

Old English angr ← Proto-Germanic *angijō
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*angijō“meadow, lowland”
  2. Old English · derived fromangr“bay”
  3. English todayAngerton

From Old English angr (“bay”) + tun (“town”). The first element is related to Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow, lowland”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*angijō all →

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