The story
- Old English · derived fromtūn“enclosure, settlement; town”
- Old English · derived fromclǣġ“clay”
- Middle English · inherited fromClaytone
- English todayClayton
From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishclǣġ all →
clayclayeycleyClaycomb
Old Englishtūn all →
wellingtonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymingtonOrmiston
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.