Etymology

Bakersfield

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Today it means: A major city, the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. Full definition →

English field ← Middle English feld ← Old English feld
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The story

  1. EnglishBaker
  2. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  4. Old Englishfeld
  5. Middle Englishfeld
  6. Englishfield
  7. English todayBakersfield

From Baker + -s- + field, after Thomas Baker, originally known as Baker's Field.

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