exton
/ˈɛkstən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6121).
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A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9233).
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A census-designated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
name
A surname.
Etymology
# The villages in Devon and Somerset, England: from Old English Ex (“River Exe”) + tūn (“village”), 'the farm or village by the river Exe'. # The village in Hampshire, England: from Old English Ēastseaxe (“East Saxons”), genitive plural, Ēastseaxna + tūn (“estate”), 'the settlement or estate of the East Saxons'. # The village in Rutland, England: from Old English oxa (“ox”), genitive plural *exna + tūn, 'the ox farm'.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ex, Ēastseaxe, oxa