Etymograph

English

Milford

From mill + ford.

A compound of mill + ford

Latin molō ‘to grind’

Late Latin molīna ‘mill’

Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu ‘mill’

Old English mylen

Middle English mylne ‘mill’

English mill

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’

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Proto-Germanic *furduz

Proto-West Germanic *furdu

Old English ford

Middle English fōrd

English ford

Today it means

name A common place name, primarily within the British Isles and New England, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords, including: A census-designated place in Lassen County, California.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Milford