Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname from Middle English, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft. · A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6393). · A small village in Croft and Yarpole parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4565). · A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP5195).
* As an English surname, from the noun croft (“small piece of land”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Craft. * As a Danish, Swedish, German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kraft. * The place in Leicestershire is from Old English cræft (“device”). Also compare Kroft.
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- Derivation mentioncræftang · device
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