English
Hertford
Hertford comes from Middle English Hertford, and goes back to Old English Heorotford.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Heorotford
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Hertford
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Heorotford
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Hertford
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of heorot ‘stag’ + ford ‘ford’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *kerud-
Proto-Germanic *herutaz ‘hart, stag’
Proto-West Germanic *herut ‘deer, stag’
Old English heorot ‘stag’
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare’
Proto-Indo-European *pér-tu-s ‘crossing’
Proto-Germanic *furduz ‘ford’
Proto-West Germanic *furdu ‘ford’
Old English ford ‘ford’
Every English word from Old English Heorotford
Today it means
name A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Heorotford / Hertford