English
Strafford
From Old English staithe (“landing place”) + ford.
A compound of staithe ‘landing place’ + ford ‘ford’
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare’
Proto-Indo-European *pér-tu-s ‘crossing’
Proto-Germanic *furduz ‘ford’
Proto-West Germanic *furdu ‘ford’
English ford
Today it means
name A placename: A city in Greene County, Missouri, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Strafford