Where does “Darlington” come from?
Darlington comes from Old English Dearthingtun, a place name of uncertain etymology whose original elements and meaning remain unknown.
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Definitions
- A pair of transistors with the emitter of one...
Ancestry of “Darlington”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Dearnington | — |
| 2 | Old English | Deornoþingtun | — |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |