The story
- Old English · derived fromdūn“hill”
- English todayBreedon
Habitational surname from the village of Breedon on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the unattested Proto-Celtic word *brez (“hill”) (compare *brixs) + Old English dūn (“hill”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishdūn all →
downDunhamDuttonDuntonDunsmoreRawdonDunnettDunwichDuncombeChurchdownDownleyDungateLong CrendonNorth Downs
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.