Assington
village · Suffolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Assington means 'Aesc's farmstead' or 'Aesc's settlement'. Aesc is an Old English personal name.
Word origins
- Aesc
- Old Englishpersonal name(from æsc "ash tree, spear")
- ing
- Old Englishbelonging to, people of(from ing "belonging to, people of")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, village, settlement(from tūn "farmstead, village, settlement")
Historical forms
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