Etymology

Dunton

D2U1N1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344). Full definition →

Old English dūn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromdūn“hill”
  2. English todayDunton

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdūn all →

downDunhamDuttonDunsmoreRawdonDunnettDunwichDuncombeBreedonChurchdownDownleyDungateLong CrendonNorth Downs

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.