English

lotus land

From lotus + land.

A compound of lotus + land

Ancient Greek λωτός ‘birdsfoot trefoil’

Latin lōtus ‘The Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea nouchali…’

English lotus

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Today it means

noun A place inducing contentment or self-indulgence especially through offering an idyllic living situation.

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

Etymograph / lotus land