English
Keston
Keston may come from Old English tūn ‘enclosure’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tūn‘enclosure’uncertain
- EnglishtodayKeston
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tūn‘enclosure’uncertain
- EnglishtodayKeston
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to last’
beautiful, beauty, ben, dynamic, tool, bonus, beneficial, rebel, optimal, boo, optimism, dynasty, beau, bonnie, tow, beneficiary, dynamo, boon, revel, bello, bona, bene, bonny, dynastic, taw, bauble, bellicose, bonbon, 97 more
through Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’
through Proto-West Germanic *tūn ‘enclosure’
through Old English tūn ‘enclosure’
Today it means
name A village in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ415645).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English tūn / Keston