Etymology

Cranston

C3R1A1N1S1T1O1N1

Today it means: A locality and parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland. Full definition →

Old English cran
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcran“crane”
  2. English todayCranston

From the genitive form of Old English cran (“crane”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcran all →

craneCranfieldCranfordCranleighCranmoreCranwellCornforthCranswickCornhill-on-TweedCransford

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.