Etymology

Fairfield

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Today it means: A local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Fairfield City Council. Full definition →

Old English fæġer
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromfæġer“beautiful, fair”
  2. English todayFairfield

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to fair + field.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfæġer all →

fairfayreFairfordFairhurstFarebrotherFairhallFairmead

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.