Etymology

Gladstone

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Today it means: A four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's seat and dicky. Full definition →

Old English glæd
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromglæd“shining”
  2. English todayGladstone

From Old English glæd (“shining”) + stān (“stone”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishglæd all →

glad

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.