Meanings
carfax1
Carfax2
- Oxford CityThe junction of the High Sreet, St Aldate's, Queen Street and Cornmarket Street at the centre of Oxford.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA junction of four roads.
Origin
carfax · noun
- Latinquadrifurcus“four-pronged, four-forked”
- Middle Englishcarfukes
- Englishcarfax
From Middle English carfukes, an Anglicisation of Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”). Doublet of carfour.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Carfax · proper noun
- Latinquadrifurcus“four-pronged, four-forked”
- Middle Englishcarfukes
- EnglishCarfax
From carfax (“a junction of four roads; the main intersection in a town”), from Middle English carfukes, an Anglicisation of Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”).
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish neliristeys, neljäntienristeys
- neliristeysfour-road junction
- neljäntienristeysfour-road junction
Cite this entry
carfax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carfax
“carfax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carfax. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carfax,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carfax.
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