Where does “cottonfield” come from?
cottonfield (English) comes from English Cotton, from Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, from Middle English coton, from Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن, from Arabic قُطْن — cotton.
cottonfield (English): a field in which the cotton plant is grown and...
Definitions
- a field in which the cotton plant is grown and...
Ancestry of “cottonfield”, step by step
cottonfield traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cotton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cotton | The name of several settlements around the world |
| 2 | Middle English | cotoun | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | cotun | — |
| 4 | Middle English | coton | cotton fiber of |
| 5 | Old French | cotoun | cotton; a piece of cotton |
| 6 | Italian | cotone | cotton; cotton wool |
| 7 | Arabic | قُطُن | — |
| 8 | Arabic | قُطْن | cotton |
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 |