The story
- Old English · derived fromea“river”
- English todayEaton
From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishea all →
eaaheauromneyyeoluneEwellAytonYeatonAverhamEacott
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.