English

landreeve

From land + reeve.

A compound of land + reeve

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō ‘officer, official’

Old English rēfa ‘prefect’

Middle English reve ‘a reeve or bailiff’

English reeve

Today it means

noun A subofficer overseeing an area of land, a kind of bailiff or steward.

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

Etymograph / landreeve