English

Groveland

From grove + land.

A compound of grove + land

Proto-Germanic *graibaz

Proto-West Germanic *graib

Old English grāf

Middle English grove

English grove

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 number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California, United States.

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

Etymograph / Groveland