The story
- Old English · inherited frommiċel“large”
- English todayMickleton
# For the place in County Durham: from Old English miċel (“large”) + tūn (“farm, village”). # For the place in Gloucestershire: from Old English miċel (“great”), dative singular definite form miclan + tūn (“manor”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishmiċel all →
mickleMickleoverMickleyMicklehamMickleburghMicklebyMicklefield
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.