Etymology

Wilford

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Today it means: A village in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5636). Full definition →

Old English welig
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwelig“willow”
  2. English todayWilford

From Old English welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwelig all →

WiltonwilleyWilby

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.