The story
- Old English · inherited from*Cwēntūn
- English todayQuainton
From Old English *Cwēntūn, from cwēn (“queen”) + tūn (“town”). Doublet of Queenstown and Queenston.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420). Full definition →
From Old English *Cwēntūn, from cwēn (“queen”) + tūn (“town”). Doublet of Queenstown and Queenston.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.