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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
LAND.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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LAND, earth,
soil, country, district. (E.) M.E. land, lond; Chaucer,
C. T. 4912, 4914.—A.S. land; Grein, ii. 154. + Du. land. +
Icel., Dan., and Swed. land. + Goth. land. + G. land; M.H.G.
lant. Cf. Russ. liada, a field overgrown with
brushwood. Root unknown; perhaps related to Lawn
(1). Der. land, verb, A.S. lendan (= landian),
Grein, ii. 168; land-breeze, land-crab, land-flood, land-grave,
q.v., land-holder, land-ing, land-lady; land-lord, Tyndal's Works, p.
210, col. 1; lands-man (= land-man, Ant. and Cleop. iv. 3. 11); land-mark,
Bible, 1551, Job, xxiv. 2; land-rail,
q.v.; land-scape, q.v.; land-slip,
land-steward, land-tax, land-waiter, land-ward.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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