Etymograph

English

fieldlore

From field + lore.

A compound of field + lore

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘to trace, to track’

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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’

Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu

Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’

Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’

English lore

Today it means

noun Knowledge or skill gained in the fields; knowledge of rural pursuits.

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

Etymograph / fieldlore