English
Louisiana TerritoryLouisiana Territory
From Louisiana + territory.
A compound of Louisiana + territory
Frankish *Hlūdawīg
…
Old French Looïs
Middle French Loïs
French Louis
French Louisiane
English Louisiana
Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’
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Proto-Italic *tersā ‘earth’
Latin terra ‘dry land’
Latin territōrium ‘territory’
Middle English territorie
English territory
Today it means
name A large stretch of land purchased from France by the USA, comprising a large portion of the modern-day United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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