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To: scrabblehack

How is the word field derived from the Latin word ager? The word agriculture, yes, but I don’t see how field comes from ager.

BTW -
“ The origin of the term ‘field day’ comes from the military and refers to maneuvers that took place in a field, but by the 1800s, the phrase was used to refer to any event that happened in a field, ranging from a hunt to a dance to a picnic to a scientific expedition.”


47 posted on 01/11/2023 10:16:48 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

practicum is Latin
field is Germanic


50 posted on 01/11/2023 10:48:23 AM PST by scrabblehack
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