Etymology

Fulford

F4U1L1F4O1R1D2

Today it means: A suburban village and civil parish in the city of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6148). Full definition →

Old English fūl
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromfūl“dirty, muddy”
  2. English todayFulford

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”), in the definite form fūla + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfūl all →

foulFulwoodFulwellfoumartFulbeckFulbrookunfull

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