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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Oxford #169228 07/16/2007 8:31 AM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3 YuriiNation stranger YuriiNation stranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3 ok...this is a little strange maybe but I have to interpret something symbolically and I'm having a bit of trouble finding out the etymology of the word Oxford. I've got 487847 diff definitions and uses of the word, (ie; woven threads, textiles, a college, towns, districts, basket weave etc.) but no where does it give the origins of the word or any history information. I can probably fudge what I'm doing with just what I've found but now I'm just curious and I'm confounded as to why that information is so elusive. I know..obsess much? haha But it's like that thing ya had and you know its here somewhere but you can't find it and now you don't even really need it but it's bugging you and you won't be able to go to sleep till you've torn apart the whole house looking for it. So, any technical, historical information you can give me would be greatly appreciated. thanks!!! ~Yurii Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oxford YuriiNation #169230 07/16/2007 10:58 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 All the other definitions derive ultimately from the British place name. I quick google of british-place-names gave me this site. You could look the two elements up but to make it easier oxa is Old English for ox. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oxford Faldage #169234 07/16/2007 1:57 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Is there reason to expect it derives from something other than a place to ford oxen? For modern place names, that's definitely a necessary thing to ask, because developers like to use euphemistic names like "Kingstowne" instead of "the place where the landfill used to be." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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