English
Poundland
From the name of the British pound shop chain Poundland, which is in turn from pound + -land, named for its original policy, later relaxed, of pricing all items at £1.
Formed from pound + -land
Latin pondō ‘by weight’
Proto-Germanic *pundą ‘pound, weight’
Proto-West Germanic *pund ‘pound (weight)’
Old English pund ‘a pound, weight’
Middle English pound ‘a measurement for weight, most notably the…’
English pound
Today it means
noun Designating something as low-quality or inferior.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Poundland