Etymology

Cranford

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Today it means: A suburb in Greater London, on the boundary between the boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow (OS grid ref TQ1072). Full definition →

Old English cran
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromcran“crane”
  2. English todayCranford

From Old English cran (“crane”) + ford.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcran all →

craneCranstonCranfieldCranleighCranmoreCranwellCornforthCranswickCornhill-on-TweedCransford

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.