Etymology

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Today it means: A habitational surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English stocc
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromstocc“stump”
  2. English todayStockford

"Dweller near a ford marked by a stump", from Old English stocc (“stump”) + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstocc all →

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