English

fieldman

From field + man.

A compound of field + man

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

noun An agricultural labourer.

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

Etymograph / fieldman