Etymology

Suffolk

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Today it means: A breed of draught horse, originally developed in Suffolk; an individual of this breed. Full definition →

Middle English Suffolk ← Old English Sūþfolc
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromSūþfolc
  2. Middle English · inherited fromSuffolk
  3. English todaySuffolk

From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”), equivalent to south + folk.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.