The story
- Old French · derived fromposterne“postern”
- English todayPoston
Two main origins: * Topographic surname for someone who lived near a poster or back gate, from Old French posterne (“postern”). * Habitational surname from a minor place in Shropshire, from an Old English personal name *Possa + þorn (“thorn”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchposterne all →
postern
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.