Etymology

Garton

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Today it means: A village in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2635). Full definition →

Old English gāra
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromgāra“triangular plot of land”
  2. English todayGarton

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgāra all →

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