Etymology

Wolford

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Today it means: A habitational surname from Old English. From the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire Full definition →

Old English wulf
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwulf“wolf”
  2. English todayWolford

From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + weard (“guard, protector”). The second element was at some point misanalyzed as ford.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwulf all →

wolfWoolleyWoffordUlricWoollardWoodaleWoolfrey

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