The story
- Old English · derived fromwǣt“wet”
- English todayWetton
Recorded as Wetindona in a 13ᵗʰ century Charter, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + dūn (“hill”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwǣt all →
wetwood
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.