Etymology

Murton

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Today it means: A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7221). Full definition →

Old English mōr
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommōr“moor, marsh, fen”
  2. English todayMurton

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh, fen”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmōr all →

MortonmoorMorleyDartmoorMurrowMoorhouseStarmerMoorfieldMorborne

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.