Etymology

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Today it means: An open space in a village where fairs or markets were held; became village greens. Full definition →

Middle English *pleystow ← Old English pleġstōw
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frompleġstōw“playground, gymnasium, amphitheater, a place for a play, wrestling-place”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*pleystow
  3. English todayplestor

Alteration of Middle English *pleystow, from Old English pleġstōw (“playground, gymnasium, amphitheater, a place for a play, wrestling-place”). More at playstow.

Words from the same roots

Middle English*pleystow all →

playstow

Old Englishpleġstōw all →

playstow

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.