melton · noun1
From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made.
Melton · proper noun2
- Old English · derived frommiddel“middle”
- English todayMelton
From Old English middel (“middle”) + tūn (“enclosure”). Compare Middleton and Milton.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishmiddel all →
middleMiddlesbrough
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.