Etymology

Carlton

C3A1R1L1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village in Carlton and Chellington parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP9555). Full definition →

Old English ċeorl
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromċeorl“freeman”
  2. English todayCarlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċeorl all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.