Etymology of the English word wasteland
the English word
wastelandderived from the English word
wastederived from the Anglo-French word
wasterderived from the Latin word
vastare (lay waste, ravage, devastate)
derived from the Latin word
vastus (huge, vast; monstrous)
derived from the Late Latin word
vanus (empty, vain; false)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*euə-derived from the North French word
wasterderived from the Latin word
vastare (lay waste, ravage, devastate)
derived from the Latin word
vastus (huge, vast; monstrous)
derived from the Late Latin word
vanus (empty, vain; false)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*euə-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wakojanusing the English suffix
-landUsage
Word found in Modern English
