Etymology

Laughton

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ501131). Full definition →

Old English lēac
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromlēac“leek”
  2. English todayLaughton

From Old English lēac (“leek”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlēac all →

LeightonleekLackford

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.