Etymograph

English

grazeland

From graze + land.

A compound of graze + land

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow (of plants?)’

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Proto-Germanic *grasōną ‘to feed on grass’

Proto-West Germanic *grasōn ‘to feed on grass’

Old English grasian ‘to graze’

Middle English grasen ‘to feed with grass’

English graze

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 Land used for grazing animals; pasture.

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

Etymograph / grazeland