Etymograph

English

landrush

From land + rush.

A compound of land + rush

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Middle English ruschen ‘to rush, startle’

English rush

Today it means

noun An event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis.

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

Etymograph / landrush