The story
- Old English · derived fromlīn“flax”
- English todayLinton
From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlīn all →
linelinLindleyLyfordLynamLinstead
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.