Etymology

Crawford

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Today it means: An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from several different place names. Full definition →

Old English crāwe
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  1. Old English · derived fromcrāwe“crow”
  2. English todayCrawford

From Old English crāwe (“crow”) + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcrāwe all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.