Etymology

Paxton

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Today it means: An English habitational surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English *Pæcces
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  1. Old English · derived from*Pæcces
  2. English todayPaxton

From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).

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