Where does “Bloomfield” come from?
Bloomfield (English) comes from English Bloom, from Swedish Blom, from Swedish blomma, from Old Swedish blōme, from Old Norse blómi, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
Bloomfield (English): A placename
Definitions
- A placename
Ancestry of “Bloomfield”, step by step
Bloomfield traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Bloom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bloom | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud |
| 2 | Swedish | Blom | — |
| 3 | Swedish | blomma | a flower; wife; to flower, to bloom, to blossom |
| 4 | Old Swedish | blōme | flower |
| 5 | Old Norse | blómi | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English field
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | field | A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns;... |
| 2 | Middle English | feeld | A field; The countryside; empty land that... |
| 3 | Old English | feld | field |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |