Etymology

Thornton

T1H4O1R1N1T1O1N1

Today it means: A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7535). Full definition →

Old English þorn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromþorn“thorn”
  2. English todayThornton

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishþorn all →

thornThorndikeThornburyThornleyThorleyThorneyThoringtonThurnhamTarbock

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.