Etymograph

English

Houston

Houston comes from Middle English; the Middle English form is not named.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500form not named
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Houston

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500form not named
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Houston

Earliest quotation: 1996, Colin Latham, Ann Stobbs: “[A]ircraft were carefully guided to a precise point in…”

Formed from Hugh + -s- + -ton

Proto-Germanic *hugiz ‘heart, mind’

English Hugh

Today it means

name A habitational surname.

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

Etymograph / Houston