Etymology

Weston

W4E1S1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973). Full definition →

Old English west
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwest“west”
  2. English todayWeston

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

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwest all →

westWesleyWestfieldWestcottWestburyWestbourneWestheadWestgarthWestmoorWest HamWestrop

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.