The story
- Old English · derived fromþorn“thorn”
- English todayThorington
From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the same etymology of Thorrington.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishþorn all →
ThorntonthornThorndikeThornburyThornleyThorleyThorneyThurnhamTarbock
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.