The story
- Old English · derived fromhōh“ridge, spur”
- English todayHoughton
From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhōh all →
howhowehooHuttonkewhoughHoltonHowarthhockMintoHoylandHullandheugh
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.