English
field house
Field house comes from Old English feldhūs ‘a tent’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150feldhūs‘a tent’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*feldhousreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 2001field house
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150feldhūs‘a tent’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*feldhousreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 2001field house
Earliest quotation: 2001, Jonathan Franzen: “There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers…”
The story
Modern sense is from 1895, originally, a side building by an outdoor sports field, later used for large buildings for indoor sports.
Every English word from Old English feldhūs
Today it means
noun A tent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English feldhūs / field house