Where does “coalfield” come from?
Coalfield derives from English coal and English field, where coal comes from Middle English cole, Old English cawel, and Latin caulis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-.
coalfield (English): Any region containing deposits of coal that may...
Definitions
- Any region containing deposits of coal that may...
Ancestry of “coalfield”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |