Etymology

Huyton

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Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4491). Full definition →

Middle English Huyton ← Old English *Hȳþtūn
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited from*Hȳþtūn
  2. Middle English · inherited fromHuyton
  3. English todayHuyton

Inherited from Middle English Huyton, from Old English *Hȳþtūn, from hȳþ (“harbour”) + tūn (“estate”).

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