English
laund
Laund comes from Middle English launde ‘a glade or clearing’, and goes back to Late Latin *landa.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CE*landareconstructed
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400lande
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500launde‘a glade or clearing’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592laund
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CE*landareconstructed
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400lande
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500launde‘a glade or clearing’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592laund
Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “Through this laund anon the deer will come.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’
island, lend, lumbar, lasagna, loma, loin, outlandish, landless, lande, 7 more
through Proto-Germanic *landą ‘land’
through Middle English launde ‘a glade or clearing’
Today it means
noun A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin *landa / laund