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- Middle English · derived fromtoun“farmstead, settlement”
- Welsh · derived fromcae“hedge, enclosure”
- English todayKeaton
A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishtoun all →
townTownsend
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.