Etymology

Micklefield

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4433). Full definition →

Old English miċel
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frommiċel“big”
  2. English todayMicklefield

From Old English miċel (“big”) + feld (“field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmiċel all →

mickleMickletonMickleoverMickleyMicklehamMickleburghMickleby

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.