English
Richland
From rich + land and Rich + -land.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz ‘kingly’
Proto-West Germanic *rīkī ‘powerful’
Old English rīċe ‘powerful’
Middle English riche ‘strong’
English rich
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 city in Stewart County, Georgia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Richland