Etymology

battlefield

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Today it means: The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field. Full definition →

English field ← Middle English feld ← Old English feld
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  9. Old Englishfeld
  10. Middle Englishfeld
  11. Englishfield
  12. English todaybattlefield

From battle + field.

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