Etymograph

English

Priestfield

From priest + field.

A compound of priest + field

Ancient Greek πρέσβυς ‘elder, older’

Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος

Late Latin presbyter ‘elder, presbyter’

Old English prēost

Middle English prest ‘a member of the Christian clergy’

English priest

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Today it means

name A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9397).

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

Etymograph / Priestfield