Etymology

Wootton

W4O1O1T1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Bedford district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045). Full definition →

Old English wudu
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwudu“wood”
  2. English todayWootton

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

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwudu all →

WoodstockWoodburyWoodfordLynnwoodLinwoodWoodleyLynwoodWoodallWottonWoodhallCalderwoodWoodthorpeWoodhurstChetwodeWoodhatch

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