Etymology

Broughton

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Today it means: A suburb and civil parish (served by Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council) in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8939). Full definition →

Old English beorg
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombeorg“mountain, hill”
  2. English todayBroughton

From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbeorg all →

barrowBarhambergh

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