Kettering
/ˈkɛtərɪŋ/noun
A town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
Did you know?The earliest forms of Kettering suggest an Old English settlement name, probably meaning a place inhabited by the followers or household of someone called Cytra.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*haimaz
“Home, dwelling, or settlement; the ancestral root of the place-name element later seen in Old English hām.”
Old English
Old English
Cytringahām
“The settlement or home of Cytra’s people; the first element refers to a personal name and group of inhabitants.”
11th Century
Middle English
Ceteringes
“A recorded medieval form of the place-name, showing the gradual erosion and reshaping of the original Old English sounds.”
13th Century
English
Kettering
“The form increasingly used for the Northamptonshire settlement.”
Modern English
English
Kettering
“The modern name of the town in Northamptonshire, England.”