Watford
English
/wɒtfəd/
proper noun
Definitions
- (town and borough in Hertfordshire)
- (village in Daventry) OS grid ref SP6068.
Etymology
Derived from Old English wæt (wet) affix from English wath (ford) + English ford.
Origin
English
ford
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ashford English
- Battleford English
- Bedford English
- Boxford English
- Brantford English
- Brentford English
- Colyford English
- Crayford English
- Dartford English
- Hartford English
- Hemmingford English
- Knutsford English
- Latchford English
- Milford English
- Nobleford English
- Oxford English
- Rexford English
- Turtleford English
- Woodford English
- Woolford English
- Yeoford English
- ford English
- fordable English
- fordage English
- forder English
- fordless English
- wath English
- *wētaz Proto-Germanic
- wæt Old English
- ford Middle English
- wath Middle English