The story
- Old English · derived fromġemǣne“common, general, communal”
- English todayMontford
Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishġemǣne all →
meansmantondemeanbemean
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.