Etymology

Upton

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Today it means: A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711). Full definition →

Old English upp
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromupp“up”
  2. English todayUpton

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishupp all →

UpminsterUpchurchUphamUpshawupfieldUpcott

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