The story
- Old English · derived fromþistel“thistle”
- English todayThistleton
From Old English þistel (“thistle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishþistel all →
thistle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thistleton
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK913180). Full definition →
Old English þistel