English

Eton

Eton comes from Old English *Ēatūn.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of ea ‘river’ + tun ‘town’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ ‘water’

Proto-Germanic *ahwō ‘stream, river’

Proto-West Germanic *ahu ‘river’

Old English ea ‘river’

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to last’

Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós ‘lasting, durable’

Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’

Proto-Germanic *tūną ‘enclosure’

Proto-West Germanic *tūn ‘fence’

Old English tun ‘town’

Every English word from Old English *Ēatūn

name A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.