English

escapeland

From escape + land.

A compound of escape + land

Late Latin cappa ‘cape, cloak’

Vulgar Latin *excappāre ‘to escape a garment’

Old Northern French escaper

Middle English escapen

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

noun A place where one can go to escape.

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

Etymograph / escapeland