Etymology

Hungerford

H4U1N1G2E1R1F4O1R1D2

Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368). Full definition →

Old English hungor
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhungor“hunger, famine”
  2. English todayHungerford

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhungor all →

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