Etymology

Broomfield

B3R1O1O1M3F4I1E1L1D2

Today it means: A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448). Full definition →

Old English brōm
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old English · derived frombrōm“broom, gorse”
  2. English todayBroomfield

From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbrōm all →

broomBromleyBramptonBromwichBromptonBramleyBramhallBrimleyBromwellBrimhallBramallBromhamBramhamBrummellBramelBramhillBromlow

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.