Etymology

outfield

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Today it means: The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  9. Old Englishfeld
  10. Middle Englishfeld
  11. Englishfield
  12. English todayoutfield

From out- + field.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.