Etymology

Hartford

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Today it means: An eastern suburb of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2573). Full definition →

Old English Hereford
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromheorot“hart”
  2. Old English · inherited fromHereford“army ford”
  3. English todayHartford

# For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Hereford (“army ford”), from here (“army”) + ford. # For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.

Words from the same roots

Old EnglishHereford all →

Hereford

Old Englishheorot all →

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