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Jhaji Posted 19 years ago
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usage of carfax

0 the word CARFAX means a junction where four or more roads converge....02br
00can anyone please elaborate the meaning and tell me the usage of this word02br
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K. roads 01b 00intersection of four roads: 02b 00a place where four principal roads intersect in a town ( archaic ) 02br 02br 02td 02tr 01tr 01td 00[14th century. Via Anglo-Norman01i 00 carfuks02i 00< assumed popular Latin01i 00 quadrifurcus02i 00 "four-forked" < Latin01i 00 furca02i 00 "fork"]02td 02tr 02table 00 0-

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  • roads 01b 00intersection of four roads: 02b 00a place where four principal roads intersect in a town ( archaic ) 02br 02br 02td 02tr 01tr 01td 00[14th century.
  • Via Anglo-Norman01i 00 carfuks02i 00< assumed popular Latin01i 00 quadrifurcus02i 00 "four-forked" < Latin01i 00 furca02i 00 "fork"]02td 02tr 02table 00 0-
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00CARFAX: [the name of a major intersection in the City of Oxford, England] noun02td
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0 can you please give me th usage of the word...02br
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0 No usage. It is an archaic word and has not been used for hundreds of years. 02br
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00A modern term would be "intersection" or "crossroads".0-
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0Yes; cf. current French 01i00carrefour02i00, which has the same derivation.02br
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01i00Quadrifurcus02i00 replaced the earlier Latin 01i00quadruvium02i00, from which some French place names derive, e.g. Carrouge(s).02br
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00In British English at least, you would not use "Carfax" for an
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00Carfax is the name of the central crossroads in the centre of Oxford. It is the intersection of two roads which both change their name.02br
00The name 'Carfax' is a corruption of the Latin Quadrifurcus, or the French "Quatre faces". What would 17th Century inhabitants make of the modern meaning of car-fax I wonder?02br
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