English

Examplestan

From example + -stan (“used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names”).

Formed from example + -stan ‘used to form fictitious or metaphoric country…’

Latin eximō ‘to take out’

Latin exemplum ‘sample’

Old French example

Middle English example

Today it means

name A placeholder name for a country; a hypothetical country.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Examplestan