Etymology of the English word land
the English word
landderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*landanderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*lendh-Derivations in English
landlubber,
borderland,
bushland,
coastland,
cropland,
dixieland,
dockland,
dreamland,
elfland,
fairyland,
fantasyland,
farmland,
fatherland,
fenland,
filmland,
forestland,
heartland,
homeland,
lander,
landfall,
landfast,
landform,
landlady,
landline,
landmass,
landowner,
landside,
landwaiter,
landwash,
lowland,
marchland,
meadowland,
motherland,
movieland,
neverland,
parkland,
slumberland,
tideland,
vineland,
gangland,
grassland,
landfill,
landslide,
pineland,
pinelands,
scabland,
swampland,
yankeeland,
landlocked,
mainland,
landholder,
landing,
landward,
foreland,
headland,
highland,
highlands,
inland,
landless,
landlord,
landman,
landmark,
landsman,
marshland,
midland,
outland,
overland,
southland,
woodland,
landedCognates
Dutch
land, German
Land, Icelandic
land, Swedish
land, Yiddish
landUsage
Word found in Old English, Modern English
