Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryPlace-name suffix, originally denoting a town or enclosure of buildings. · A set of specific objects or persons.
From Middle English -ton, -tone, -tune, from Old English -tūn, derived from Old English tūn (“town”). Doublet of town.
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