Etymology

midfielder

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Today it means: A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence. Full definition →

English midfield ← Middle English feld ← Old English feld
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  13. Old Englishfeld
  14. Middle Englishfeld
  15. Englishfield
  16. Englishmidfield
  17. English todaymidfielder

From midfield + -er.

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