English
Fenton
Fenton comes from Middle English Fenton.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Fenton
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Fenton
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of fenn ‘fen, marsh’ + tūn ‘enclosure’
Proto-Indo-European *pen- ‘moist, wet, mud, swamp, water’
Proto-Germanic *-ją ‘Forms neuter collective nouns from other nouns’
Proto-Germanic *fanją ‘fen, marsh, swamp’
Proto-West Germanic *fani ‘fen, marsh, swamp’
Old English fenn ‘fen, marsh’
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 tūn ‘enclosure’
Every English word from Middle English Fenton
Today it means
name A place in England: A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Fenton / Fenton