The story
- Old English · derived fromcroh“saffron”
- English todayCrafton
From Old English croh (“saffron”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcroh all →
croydon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crafton
Today it means: A hamlet in Mentmore civil parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8919). Full definition →
Old English croh