English
landboc
Landboc comes from Old English landbōc ‘a charter in which land is granted’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150landbōc‘a charter in which land is granted’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982landboc
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Old Englishc. 450–1150landbōc‘a charter in which land is granted’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982landboc
Earliest quotation: 1982, Vivian Hunter Galbraith, Kings and Chroniclers: Essays in English Medieval History: “It used to be thought that the witnesses really…”
A compound of land ‘land’ + bōc
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’
Proto-Germanic *landą ‘land, area of ground’
Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land, area of ground’
Old English land ‘land’
Every English word from Old English landbōc
Today it means
noun A charter or deed by which land is granted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English landbōc / landboc