The story
- Old English · derived fromrūh“rough”
- Old Norse · derived fromrugr“rye”
- English todayRoughton
From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishrūh all →
RowbothamRuffordRowtonRowarthRufforth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.