Etymology

Deighton

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Today it means: A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3801). Full definition →

Old English dīċ
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromdīċ“ditch, trench, moat”
  2. English todayDeighton

From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Ditton.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdīċ all →

dittonDitchburnDetheridgeDitteridge

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.