English Explanatory Dictionary

Roston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Norbury and Roston parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1241).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Roston Rostons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Hrōþsiġe + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The personal name is composed by the elements hrēþ (“glory, triumph”) + siġe (“victory”).

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