Etymology

Cornforth

C3O1R1N1F4O1R1T1H4

Today it means: A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ313343). Full definition →

Old English cran
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  1. Old English · derived fromcran“crane”
  2. English todayCornforth

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcran all →

craneCranstonCranfieldCranfordCranleighCranmoreCranwellCranswickCornhill-on-TweedCransford

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.