Etymology

Stockton

Stock·ton
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Today it means: An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama. Full definition →

Old English stocc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromstocc“log; stump, tree trunk”
  2. English todayStockton

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstocc all →

stockStockwellStockdaleStockleyStockford

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