Etymology

Makerfield

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Today it means: An area in northwest England, now split between the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, both within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. Full definition →

Old English *Macerfelth ← Proto-Brythonic *maguɨr ← Latin maceria
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromfeld“a field”
  2. Latin · derived frommaceria
  3. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*maguɨr“a wall”
  4. Old English · derived from*Macerfelth
  5. English todayMakerfield

Recorded by Bede as Maserfelth (c. 730 AD), apparently a miscopying of Old English *Macerfelth. From Proto-Brythonic *maguɨr (“a wall”) (itself from Latin maceria) + Old English feld (“a field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfeld all →

fieldSheffieldFeltonFelthamBelfieldCuckfieldMorvilleBousfieldGwernaffield

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