English
Hungarland
Hungarland comes from Latin Hungaria ‘Hungary’, and goes back to Ungari.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEUngari‘Hungarians’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEHungariaas Ungaria‘Hungary’
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Ungerlandas Hungerland‘Hungary’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*Hungerlandreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Hungarland
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEUngari‘Hungarians’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEHungariaas Ungaria‘Hungary’
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Ungerlandas Hungerland‘Hungary’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*Hungerlandreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Hungarland
Earliest quotation: 1611, Giovanni Botero: “The gouernment of Hungarland was anciently spirituall & seculer,…”
A compound of Hungarian + land
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’
Proto-Germanic *landą
Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’
Old English land
Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’
English land
Every English word from Latin Ungari
Today it means
name Hungary (Magyarország).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Ungari / Hungarland