The story
- Old French · derived frommolin
- Old English · derived fromcorf“cutting, pass”
- English todayCorfe Mullen
From Old English corf (“cutting, pass”) and Old French molin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A large suburban village and civil parish with a town council in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9896). Full definition →
From Old English corf (“cutting, pass”) and Old French molin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.