English

Freshfield

The surname predates the place name, which is derived from Fresh + field, after Thomas Fresh.

Formed from Fresh + field

Proto-Indo-European *preysk-

Proto-Germanic *friskaz

Proto-West Germanic *frisk

Old English fersċ ‘fresh’

Middle English fressh ‘fresh’

English Fresh

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

The story

The surname predates the place name, which is derived from Fresh + field, after Thomas Fresh.

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Freshfield