The story
- Old English · derived fromfiþer-“four”
- Old English · inherited fromfeoþerstān
- Middle English · inherited fromfeatherston
- English todayFeatherstone
From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.