English Explanatory Dictionary

-ton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Place-name suffix, originally denoting a town or enclosure of buildings.
  2. A set of specific objects or persons.

Pronunciation

/tən/ [tn̩]

Word forms

-ton -tone -town

Etymology

From Middle English -ton, -tone, -tune, from Old English -tūn, derived from Old English tūn (“town”). Doublet of town.

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