land

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The solid, dry part of the earth's surface.

   After weeks at sea, the sailors were glad to reach land.

2. 2
   noun

   An area of ground that someone owns or uses, especially for farming.

   The farmer grows wheat on his land.

3. 3
   noun

   A country or region.

   They returned to the land of their birth.

4. 4
   verb

   To come down onto the ground or a surface after flying or falling.

   The bird landed on the highest branch.

5. 5
   verb

   To bring an aircraft down to the ground safely.

   The pilot landed the plane in heavy fog.

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Simplified etymology

Land is an Old English word related to Dutch land and German Land. More distant relatives include Irish lann, “enclosure,” and Welsh llan, “enclosure” or “church.”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognates Cognate with Scots laund (“land”), Yola lhoan, lloan, loan, londe, lone (“land”), North Frisian loun, luin, lun, Lön, lönj, löön (“land”), Saterland Frisian Lound (“land”), West Frisian lân (“land”), Limburgish Land, landj, Laïnt (“land”), Dutch land…

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