Etymology

Clapton

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Today it means: A suburban area of London in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486). Full definition →

Middle English Clopton ← Old English *clopp
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The story

  1. Old English · derived from*clopp“rock, hill”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromClopton
  3. English todayClapton

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishClopton all →

Clopton

Old English*clopp all →

Clopton

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.