## Meanings
1. A well-known building or feature that is easy to recognize and helps people find their way.
2. A very important event or stage in the development of something.

## Examples
- The clock tower is a famous landmark in the city.
- The discovery was an important landmark in human history.

## Derived Forms
- interlandmark
- landmarkable
- landmarker
- landmarkism
- landmarkist
- pseudolandmark
- semilandmark

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *landmark
- Root: landmearc
- Root: *landamarku

## Etymology
From Middle English *landmark, from Old English landmearc (“boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *landamarku (“boundary, landmark”). Equivalent to land + mark. Cognate with German Landmarke (“landmark”), Danish landemærke (“landmark”), Swedish landmärke (“landmark”), Norwegian landemerke (“landmark”) and Faroese landamark (“land frontier”). Compare also Middle English londes-mark (“boundary”).

## AI Etymology
Landmark comes from Middle English *landmark, from Old English landmearc (“boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *landamarku (“boundary, landmark”). Equivalent to land + mark. Cognate with German Landmarke (“landmark”), Danish landemærke (“landmark”), Swedish landmärke (“landmark”), Norwegian landemerke (“landmark”) and Faroese landamark (“land frontier”). Compare also Middle English londes-mark (“boundary”). The historical chain includes *landmark (Middle English), landmearc (Old English), and *landamarku (Proto-West Germanic). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as interlandmark, landmarkable, landmarker, and landmarkism. In present use it covers a well-known building or feature that is easy to recognize and helps people find their way and a very important event or stage in the development of something.

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