English
lawncare
From lawn + care.
Old French lande ‘heath, moor’
Middle English launde ‘a glade or clearing’
English laund ‘glade’
English lawn
Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to shout, call’
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Proto-Germanic *karō ‘complaint, lament; worry, sorrow’
Proto-West Germanic *karu ‘care, worry’
Old English caru ‘worry, anxiety, care; sorrow’
Middle English care ‘grief’
English care
Today it means
noun The care and treatment of grass on a lawn.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lawncare