The story
- Old English · derived fromtūn“enclosure, settlement; town”
- Old English · derived fromċiriċe“church”
- Middle English · inherited fromCericton
- English todayCheriton
From Middle English Cericton, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Doublet of Kirton.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishċiriċe all →
churchKirkwoodKirkhamKirtonKirkupWoodkirk
Old Englishtūn all →
wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonLoxtonLentonSymingtonOrmiston
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.