Etymology

Ashburton

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Today it means: A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569). Full definition →

Old English æsc
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromæsc“ashtree”
  2. English todayAshburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishæsc all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.