Singleton
suburban area · Kent
Old EnglishAI-generated
Singleton likely means 'settlement on stony ground' or 'settlement by a stony stream'. It combines Old English 'stān' (stone) with 'ing' (possibly a genitive singular or plural suffix) and 'tun' (settlement).
Word origins
- stān
- Old Englishstone(from stān "stone")
- ing
- Old Englishgenitive suffix(from -ing "genitive suffix")
- tun
- Old Englishsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosed place, farmstead, village")