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- Old English · inherited frombrōmdūn
- Middle English · derived fromBrampdon
- Middle English · inherited fromBranton
- English todayBranton
From Middle English Branton, Braunton, Brampton, Brombton, Bremtone, variants of Middle English Brampdon, Bromdun, Bremedon, etc., from Old English brōmdūn, equivalent to broom + down (“hill”). Doublet of Brandon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.