Etymology

Aughton

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Today it means: A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038). Full definition →

Old English āc
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromāc“oak”
  2. English todayAughton

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Acton.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishāc all →

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