Etymology

Clutton

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Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Coddington and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4654). Full definition →

Old English clūdiġ
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromclūdiġ“rocky, stony”
  2. English todayClutton

From Old English clūdiġ (“rocky, stony”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishclūdiġ all →

cloudy

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