Etymology

grainfield

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Today it means: A field where grain is grown. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Italic*grānom
  5. Latingrānum
  6. Old Frenchgrain
  7. Middle Englishgreyn
  8. Englishgrain
  9. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  11. Old Englishfeld
  12. Middle Englishfeld
  13. Englishfield
  14. English todaygrainfield

From grain + field.

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