myEtymology.com: English etymology of fairground

Etymology of the English word fairground

the English word fairground

derived from the English word fair

derived from the Old French word feire

derived from the Latin word feria (festival, holy day; day of rest; weekday; abb. fer.)

derived from the Latin word feriae

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhes-

derived from the English word ground

derived from the English word grind

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghrendh-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *grindanan

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghrendh-

Word found in Modern English