The story
- Old English · derived fromhāliġ“holy, sacred”
- English todayHolyfield
From Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + feld (“field”); equivalent to holy + field.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhāliġ all →
HawleyHalliwellHaliburtonhooly
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.