Morpheme
Field
Type
free base
Denotation
plain, pasture, open land, cultivated land, body
Etymology
Middle English feeld, feld; Old English feld
Evidence
afield, antifield, ashfield, backfield, ballfield, battlefield, beanfield, bergfield, borefield, centerfield, cornfield, cottonfield, crossfield, downfield, eigenfield, field, fielded, fielding, fields, fieldscape, fieldstone, infield, isofield, leftfield, midfield, minefield, misfield, outfield, sportsfield, starfield, subfield, superfield, upfield, wakefield, wheatfield
Notes
verb developed from “fight on a battlefield” notion
