Etymology

Wotton

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Today it means: A suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8418). Full definition →

Old English wudu
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The story

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

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

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwudu all →

WoodstockWoodburyWoodfordLynnwoodLinwoodWoottonWoodleyLynwoodWoodallWoodhallCalderwoodWoodthorpeWoodhurstChetwodeWoodhatch

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