English

jackfield

From jack + field.

A compound of jack + field

Middle Dutch Jan ‘John’

Middle Dutch Janke

Anglo-Norman Jakke

Middle English Jakke

English Jack

English jack

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Today it means

noun An array of jacks mounted on a panel, typically in a recording or broadcasting studio, used to route signals to or from multiple devices.

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