Etymology

Potton

P3O1T1T1O1N1

Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249). Full definition →

Old English pott
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  1. Old English · derived frompott“pot”
  2. English todayPotton

From Old English pott (“pot”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishpott all →

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