Etymology

Morton

M3O1R1T1O1N1

Today it means: A western suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3854). Full definition →

Old English mōr
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frommōr“moor, marsh”
  2. English todayMorton

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmōr all →

moorMorleyDartmoorMurrowMoorhouseMurtonStarmerMoorfieldMorborne

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.