Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bousfield

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: bous-field
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse buske (“bush”) + Old English feld (“field”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: buske, feld

Inflected Forms

Bousfields (plural)

Questions

What does bousfield mean?: A surname.
Where does bousfield come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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