Where does “singleton” come from?

singleton (Polish) comes from English Singleton, from English -ton, from Middle English -ton, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

singleton (Polish): singleton, singleton pattern

Definitions

  1. singleton, singleton pattern

Ancestry of “singleton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSingletonA placename
2English-tonPlace-name suffix, originally denoting a town or...
3Middle English-ton
4Old English-tūnhomestead, village, town
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-