Etymology

Hamerton

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Today it means: A village in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL145794). Full definition →

Old English hamor
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhamor“hammer; rocky mound”
  2. English todayHamerton

From Old English hamor (“hammer; rocky mound”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhamor all →

hammerHamerHammertonhammer pond

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