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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word LANDSCAPE. Etymology of the word
LANDSCAPE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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LANDSCAPE, the
aspect of a country. (Du.) In Milton, ĽAllegro, l.
70. Formerly spelt landskip; see Trench, Select
Glossary. And see Blount's Gloss., ed. 1674, which makes it clear
that it was orig. a painter's term, to express 'all that part of a picture which
is not of the body or argument;' answering somewhat to the mod. term back-ground. It was borrowed from the Dutch
painters.—Du.
landschap,
a landscape, province; cf. landschap-schilder, a landscape painter.—Du. land,
cognate with E. land; and -schap, a suffix = A.S. -scipe = E.
-ship (in
friend-ship, wor-ship), derived from the verb which in Eng. is spelt shape. See
Land and Shape. ¶ The Du.
sch is sounded more
like E. sk than E. sh; hence the mod. sound. [†]
ADDENDA
'I give also vnto her
La[dishi]pp the landskipp, inamiled vpon gold which is in the Dutch
cabinett in my closett;' Bury Wills, ed. Tymms, p. 216 (A.D.
1648).
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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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| 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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