English
Newfoundland
Newfoundland comes from Middle English new found lande.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500new found lande
- Englishearliest quotation 1831Newfoundland
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500new found lande
- Englishearliest quotation 1831Newfoundland
Earliest quotation: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley: “The younger, a frank, bold, bright-eyed child, was mounted…”
Every English word from Middle English new found lande
Today it means
name A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949, and the Dominion of Newfoundland, before it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English new found lande / Newfoundland