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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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land solid portion of the earth's surface; ground, soil; country, territory; †country (opposed to
town); ridge in a ploughed field OE.; strip division of a field XIV; (Sc.) building divided into tenements XV. OE.
land = OS., ON., Goth.
land, OHG.
lant (Du., G.
land) :- Gmc. *
landam, rel. to OCeltic *
landā (Ir.
land,
lann enclosure, W.
llan enclosure, church, Cornish
lan open space. plain, Breton
lann heath). The IE. base *
londh- is not evidenced in other langs., but the var. *
lendh- is repr. by OSl.
lędina health, desert, (O)Sw,
linda fallow land. comps.
landlady XVI, after
landlord, OE.
landhlāford;
landmark, OE.
landmearc;
landslide U.S. (XIX) equiv. of
landslip, XVII.
Hence
land vb. bring to land XIII; come to land XIV. Whence
landing disembarkation XV; platform in a flight of stairs XVIII.
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