Etymograph

English

fieldnote

From field + note.

A compound of field + note

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Latin nota ‘mark’

Old English not ‘note’

Middle English note

English note

Today it means

noun A note taken while working "in the field", i.e. in a real-world situation.

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

Etymograph / fieldnote