Etymology

Bousfield

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old Norse buske ← Old English feld
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromfeld“field”
  2. Old Norse · derived frombuske“bush”
  3. English todayBousfield

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse buske (“bush”) + Old English feld (“field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfeld all →

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