Etymology

Leighton

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Today it means: A habitational surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English leac
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromleac“leek”
  2. English todayLeighton

Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishleac all →

leekLaughtonLackford

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.