ENGLISH ROOT WORD: land "land." from Old English lond, land, lendan

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【land】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "lond," "land," and "lendan." It carries the basic meaning of "land." from PIE *lendh- "⑵ land, open land, heath"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "land"]

island ****[450] An island is a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. the Canary Islands.
land ****[313] Land is an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building.
landscape ****[2096] The landscape is everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills, rivers, buildings, trees, and plants.

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[WORD ROOT]root land
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] land
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) lond, land, lendan
[MEANING]root land

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 lond ground, soil
• 【Old English】 land [lond] ground, soil
• 【Old English】 lendan to bring to land

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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island ★★★★[450] noun from island 〈 land
【DEFINITION】 An island is a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. the Canary Islands.
【pl.】 islands
【ROOTs】 ⑴ is(ig); island, water ⑵ land; land
【Etymology】 《Old English iegland》 [ieg+land] an island
【First Known Meaning】 an island

land ★★★★[313] noun from land
【DEFINITION】 Land is an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building.
【pl.】 Lander lands
【SYNONYM】 terrain
【ROOTs】 land; land
【Etymology】 《Old English land》 [lond] ground, soil
【First Known Meaning】 ground, soil
【DERIVATIVEs】 landless, landlessness, land

landscape ★★★★[2096] noun
【DEFINITION】 The landscape is everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills, rivers, buildings, trees, and plants.
【pl.】 landscapes
【COMPOSITION】 land + cape
【ROOTs】 ⑴ land; land ⑵ scape; suffix
【Etymology】 《Middle Dutch landscap》 [from land+-scap] region
【First Known Meaning】 painting representing an extensive view of natural scenery

Other words containing "land"; grassland, highland, homeland, islander, landfill, landless, landlessness, outland, outlandish, outlandishly, outlandishness

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

labor
know
knot-, knit-
kin
just-, jus-
jure
judic-, Jud, judge
joy
journ-
ject

 

 

 

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