The story
- Old English · derived frombēan“bean”
- English todayBenton
From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbēan all →
beanBancroftBanfieldBanhamBeanlandBinstedBinstead
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.