Etymology

Beeston

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Today it means: A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648). Full definition →

Middle English Bestone ← Old English *Bēostūn ← Proto-West Germanic *beusu
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*beusu“rush”
  2. Old English · inherited from*Bēostūn
  3. Middle English · inherited fromBestone
  4. English todayBeeston

From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from *bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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