The story
- Old English · derived fromgrēat“great”
- English todayGratton
From Old English grēat (“great”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishgrēat all →
great
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK205061). Full definition →
From Old English grēat (“great”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Old Englishgrēat all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.