Etymology

Knutton

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Today it means: A village in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8346). Full definition →

Old English cnotta
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcnotta“knot hillock”
  2. English todayKnutton

Probably from Old English cnotta (“knot hillock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcnotta all →

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