The story
- Old English · derived fromtūn“enclosure; settlement, town”
- English todayChriston
From a Celtic word related to Welsh crug (“hill”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishtūn all →
wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymington
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.