Etymology

infielder

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Today it means: A player who plays in the infield, which is the inner portion of the field. Full definition →

English infield ← Middle English feld ← Old English feld
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Proto-West Germanic*in
  4. Old Englishin
  5. Old Englishin-
  6. Middle Englishin-
  7. Englishin-
  8. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  10. Old Englishfeld
  11. Middle Englishfeld
  12. Englishfield
  13. Englishinfield
  14. English todayinfielder

From infield + -er.

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