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Where does “Oxon” come from?

Oxon comes from Latin Oxonia, a name of uncertain ultimate origin whose meaning remains unknown.

Ancestry of “Oxon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinOxoniaOxfordshire
2Old EnglishOxnafordOxford
3Old Englishfordford
4Proto-West Germanicfurduford
5Proto-Germanicfurduzford
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpértuscrossing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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