The story
- Old English · inherited fromcyning“king”
- English todayConington
From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcyning all →
cunninghamKingswoodKingtonKingdonKingsnorthConybearecyningKingsbury Episcopi
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.