The story
- Old English · derived fromtūn“enclosure; settlement, town”
- Old Norse · derived fromlopt“upper chamber, attic”
- English todayLofton
Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norselopt all →
loft
Old Englishtūn all →
wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymingtonOrmiston
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.