English
Marefield
Likely from mare (“adult female horse”) + field
A compound of mare ‘adult female horse’ + field
Proto-Indo-European *márkos ‘horse’
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Proto-Germanic *marhijō ‘female horse’
Proto-West Germanic *marhijā ‘mare, female horse’
Old English mīere ‘female horse, mare’
Middle English mare ‘a horse’
English mare
Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’
Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’
Old English feld ‘field’
Middle English feld ‘field’
English field
Today it means
name A hamlet and civil parish (without a parish council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7407).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Marefield