English

Wickfield

From wick (“dwelling”) + field.

A compound of wick ‘dwelling’ + field

Proto-West Germanic *weukā ‘flax bundle’

Old English wēoce

Middle English wek ‘fibrous cord drawing fuel to flame of a…’

English wick

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Wickfield