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- Middle English · derived fromtoun“hamlet, village”
- English todayTownsend
From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”), referring to a dweller at the outskirts of a village.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishtoun all →
townKeaton
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