Etymology

Stratton

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Today it means: A market town in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2306). Full definition →

Old English strǣt
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromstrǣt“street, paved high-way”
  2. English todayStratton

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstrǣt all →

StratfordStreatleyStratford-on-AvonStreatfield

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