"Fitton" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Fittons [plural]
Etymology: Two possible origins: * From Middle English fiton, fittin (“lie, falsehood”), a nickname for a lier or cheat. * A habitational surname from a minor place in Cambridgeshire, from Old Norse fit (“grassland on the bank of a river”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|fiton}} Middle English fiton, {{der|en|non|fit||grassland on the bank of a river}} Old Norse fit (“grassland on the bank of a river”), {{der|en|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Fittons}} Fitton (plural Fittons)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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