Etymology

Milton

Mil·ton
M3I1L1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762). Full definition →

Old English mylen
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommylen“mill”
  2. English todayMilton

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmylen all →

MilneMillbrookMillingtonMilburnMilbourne

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.