Old English · suffix

-tun

Part of speech: suffix
IPA: /tun/
/tuːn/
Syllables: tun (1 syllable)
Modern English: -ton homestead village

Meaning

homestead, village, town

Etymology

From tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).

Descendants

-ton

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