ton in Middle English

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Etymology: From Old English tān; equivalent to to + -en (plural suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|id=toes}}, {{inh|enm|ang|tān|nocat=1}} Old English tān, {{af|enm|to|-en|id1=toe|id2=noun plural|nocat=1|pos2=plural suffix}} to + -en (plural suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} ton

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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old English tān; equivalent to to + -en (plural suffix).",
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          "extra": "toe",
          "word": "to"
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        "plural of to (“toe”)"
      ],
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        ]
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      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ton"
}

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    "Pages with entries"
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        "id": "toes"
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        "nocat": "1"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "to",
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        "id1": "toe",
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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        ]
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        "form-of",
        "plural"
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  ],
  "word": "ton"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"ton" meaning in Middle English

Noun