English

Fordlandia

From Ford + land + -ia, from being founded by the Ford Motor Company.

Formed from Ford + land + -ia

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’

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Proto-Germanic *furduz

Proto-West Germanic *furdu

Old English ford

Middle English fōrd

English Ford

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Today it means

name A former plantation in Para, Brazil. A failed colony to farm rubber established by the Ford Motor Company

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

Etymograph / Fordlandia