Field
/fiːld/noun
An area of open land, especially one used for farming, or a particular area of activity or study.
Did you know?English field comes from a Germanic root for “open land,” and it’s related to words like “fell” and “pale” in older branches of the same family of landscape terms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pel-
“to spread out, flat; broad surface”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*felþuz
“open country, field”
Old English
English
feld
“open land, plain, pasture”
Middle English
English
feld
“open country; cultivated land”
Modern English
English
field
“an area of open land or a defined area of activity”