Etymology

Rufforth

R1U1F4F4O1R1T1H4

Today it means: A village in Rufforth with Knapton parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5251). Full definition →

Old English rūh
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromrūh“rough”
  2. English todayRufforth

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufford.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishrūh all →

RowbothamRuffordRoughtonRowtonRowarth

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.