英语词汇stafford的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	stafford
词源	Stafford city in England, mid-11c., Stæfford, literally "ford by a landing-place," from Old English stæð "river bank, shore" + ford (n.). County town of Staffordshire, which, as a name for a type of earthenware and porcelain made there is attested from 1765. The city was noted in medieval England as a source of blue cloth. Entries linking to stafford ford n. Old English ford "shallow place where water can be crossed," from Proto-Germanic furdu- (source also of Old Frisian forda, Old High German furt, German Furt "ford"), from PIE prtu- "a going, a passage" (source also of Latin portus "harbor"), from root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over." The line of automobiles (company founded 1903) is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947). updated on October 10, 2017
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