English

Rockland

From rock + land, see rockland.

Formed from rock + land

Old English *rocc

Middle English rocke ‘rock formation’

English rock

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 surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Rockland