Chilton
English
Etymology
From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.
Proper noun
Chilton (plural Chiltons)
- A surname
- Any of several villages in England.
- An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
- Ellipsis of Chilton County.
Derived terms
References
- Stenton, Frank Merry (1911) Place-names of Berkshire: An Essay, pp. 20, 47
- ed. Page, William and Ditchfield, Peter Hempson (1924) “Parishes: Chilton” in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4, p. 11
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
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- en:Places in the United States
- en:Census-designated places in Texas, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
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- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Cities in Wisconsin, USA
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- en:County seats of Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Towns in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- English ellipses
- en:Villages in England