Etymology

Charlton

C3H4A1R1L1T1O1N1

Today it means: A suburban area in the borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4178). Full definition →

Old English ċeorl
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The story

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

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Carlton.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċeorl all →

CarltonChorltonceorl

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.