Part of speech: Verb
cross a river where it's shallow
Categories: Traverse, Track, Cover, Cross, Pass over, Get over, Get across, Cut through, Cut across
Part of speech: Noun
grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
Part of speech: Noun
son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
Part of speech: Noun
English writer and editor (1873-1939)
Part of speech: Noun
38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
Part of speech: Noun
United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
Part of speech: Noun
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
Categories: Body of water, Water
Part of speech: Noun
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
Categories: Crossing
Ford, Gerald r. ford, Fording, Gerald ford, Ford hermann hueffer
The word "ford" comes from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. It started in Proto-Germanic *furduz. Then it appeared in Proto-West Germanic *furdu. Later, people used it in Old English ford. After that, it was Middle English ford. Many other languages have similar words:.
firth – A related word in the same word family.
fjord – A related word in the same word family.
port – A related word in the same word family.
This word's path shows how empires, trade, and scholarship spread vocabulary across continents.