Etymology

Stotfold

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2136). Full definition →

Old English stōd
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromstōd“stud, stallion”
  2. English todayStotfold

From Old English stōd (“stud, stallion”) + fald (“fold, stable, enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstōd all →

studStudleyStaddonStudholme

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.