Fielding
/ˈfiːldɪŋ/noun
The act of playing the ball in defense or handling a ball in sports; also the present participle of field.
Did you know?The core of *fielding* goes back to a Proto-Germanic word for flat land or an open area, not to a mystical or occult term, but it became one of English’s most basic words for the visible world outside enclosure.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pel-
“to spread, flat surface”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*felþuz
“open country, field”
Old English
OE
feld
“open land, plain, arable land”
Middle English
ME
feld
“field, open country”
Modern English
English
fielding
“the act of handling or playing a ball in the field; present participle of field”