Etymology

Watton-at-Stone

Today it means: A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019). Full definition →

Old English wād
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  1. Old English · derived fromwād“woad”
  2. English todayWatton-at-Stone

From Old English wād (“woad”) + tūn; recorded as Wattun in 969, Wodtone 1086 (Domesday Book), and Watton atte Stone in 1311.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwād all →

WaddellOdellwoad

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.