The story
- Old English · derived fromstān“stone”
- English todayStaunton
From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstān all →
stoneStanleyStanfordpebblestanhopeStonehamStansfieldStatonStowellStanmoreStansteadAxtonstandenstaneStanburyStanbridgeStanwixStandlakeStandonStanionStanworthStofordstyen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.