Etymology

subfield

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Today it means: A smaller, more specialized area of study or occupation within a larger one Full definition →

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

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  6. Old Englishfeld
  7. Middle Englishfeld
  8. Englishfield
  9. English todaysubfield

From sub- + field.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.