prairie

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an extensive, relatively flat area of grassland with few or no trees, especially in North America

   Bison once ranged across the open prairie in enormous herds.

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Simplified etymology

Prairie was adopted from French in the late 18th century. The French word was formed from Latin pratum, “meadow.”

Borrowed from French prairie ("meadow or grassland"), from Old French praerie, ultimately from Latin pratum ("meadow") with a land-forming suffix. English applied it especially to the broad grasslands of North America.

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