The story
- Old English · derived fromnorþ“north”
- English todayNorton
From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishnorþ all →
northNorwichNorthcoteNorwellNorburyNortholtNorthcottNorlandNorringtonNortheyNorthmoorNorthingtonNarramoreNorgroveNorthall
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.